WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Georges Feydeau. David Ives. The father of French farce, the modern master of contemporary farce.
It would seem a natural fit, but it doesn't work, at least not in Williamstown Theatre Festival's new production of Feydeau's "A Flea In Her Ear," as translated and adapted by Ives.
Feydeau's plot is a purposeful mess of mistaken identities, culture clashes and slamming doors.
It focuses on the circle of folk around Victor (Mark Harelik) and Raymonde (Kathryn Meisle) Chandebise, with the second act moving the hoity-toities to the decidedly lurid Frisky Puss Hotel for fun, games and sexual confusion.
If anything, Ives ups …
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