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    Doctor Scratch and Other Plays
    Doctor Scratch and Other Plays
    Doctor Scratch and Other Plays
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    Doctor Scratch and Other Plays

    By Noël le Breton

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    Three French comedies revolving around marriage, misidentification, medicine--and money!

    DOCTOR SCRATCH, by Noël le Breton, is a clever and hilarious farce, in which love becomes hopelessly entangled in the attempts by the characters to improve their declining financial situations.

    THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Alain-René Lesage, the well-known novelist, two criminals manage to insert themselves as valets to several young men looking to marry the daughters of wealthy families--and decide to abscond with the dowry themselves!

    In THE FORFEITURE, by Charles Dufresny, a handsome young man is constricted in his marriage prospects by the fact that his two maiden-lady aunts control the family fortune, which can only be forfeited to him if they marry. Another valet takes charge by seducing both women in different guises.

    Three very funny--and very modern--takes on the art and science of romancing!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateFeb 26, 2014
    ISBN9781479401970
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