Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Plays

Four short French plays that resurrect tales by authors better known for their fiction. MADEMOISELLE FIFI, adapted by Oscar M?t?nier from a story by Guy de Maupassant, describes an incident during the German occupation of France after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The officers of an isolated German regiment send to Rouen for prostitutes, but Lt. Wilhelm, better known as Mademoiselle Fifi, mistreats one of the girls, leading to a fatal confrontation. MEETING, adapted by Lucien Mayrargue from a story by Guy de Maupassant, tells of a sailor who returns home after ten years, only to have his savings stolen by the pimp of the girl he sleeps with. In JACQUES DAMOUR, by ?mile Zola and L?on Hennique, a man believed dead returns home, only to find that his wife has remarried a prosperous butcher. Finally, in ?mile Zola's opera libretto, LAZARUS is raised from the dead by Jesus, only to object to being brought back to life. Four great dramas dealing with life--and death!

Author: Emile Zola

Publisher: Borgo Press

Publication Date: May 24, 2013

Number of Pages: 152 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1479401048

ISBN-13: 9781479401048