ABSTRACT
Georges Feydeau to Lucien Guitry, the great tragic actor, who had asked for a Feydeau play: “My dear Lucien, there are two principal figures in my theatre...those who deliver kicks to the backside and those who receive them. But it is the latter who have the leading role, because they create laughter. And you, Lucien, I can’t see you receiving kicks on your bottom.” —Jacques Lorcey, Georges Feydeau, Paris, 1972, p.141, my translation.
