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Word: feydeauan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Usage:

...zaniest play he wrote is now on view off Broadway. What the Butler Saw is basically a Feydeauan farce. Like the great French playwright, Orton recognized that a closed door is funnier, and maybe even more erotic, than an open bed. Orton, like Feydeau, understood that logic carried to its logical conclusion is madness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Laughtime in Bedlam | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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