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Drama Classics series
The world's great plays at a great little price.
Each pocket-sized volume contains:
a full introduction
an author biography notes on historical and theatrical context
a plot synopsis key dates
a further reading list a glossary of unusual words and phrases (English-language texts)
A Flea in her Ear is a classic French farce from 1907.
A suspicious wife sets a trap to expose her supposedly faithless husband. The husband however bears an uncanny resemblance to a drunken porter, and when circumstances bring the two into proximity in the seedy Hotel Casablanca, all hell breaks loose.
With an introduction by Stephen Mulrine.
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