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Word: fleandar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...takes place in a small Austrian village in the middle of the eighteenth century. Hanswurst, a chimney-sweep, is madly in love with Columbina, whose father is Odario, the town money-grubber. Odario tries to wed his daughter to the richest man he can find, and he picks priggish Fleandar, a wig-curler in the guise of a nobleman. From there on, the plot takes every traditional turn imaginable, with ghosts peering from balconies and men dressed as women. By the end, of course, the good Hanswurst gains the hand of the sweet Columbina, Odario wins the coveted Stone...

Author: By David M. Gordon, | Title: House Afire | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

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