French comedy plays

play by Samuel Beckett

17th century French comedy by Molière

1895 play by Alfred Jarry

comédie-ballet by Molière

three-act comedy by Molière

French play by Pierre Beaumarchais

play by Samuel Beckett

play written by anonymous

play by Pierre de Marivaux

1994 play by Yasmina Reza

1904 play by Octave Mirbeau

A sotie (or sottie) is a short satirical play common during the 15th- and 16th-century in France. The word (compare modern sottise) comes from the sots, "fools", who appeared as characters in the play. In the plays, these fools would make observations and exchange thoughts on contemporary events and individuals. Shorter plays, sometimes referred to as parades, did not necessarily have any plot at all, but relied simply on a detached dialogue. The genre has its origin in the Feast of Fools and other Carnival-related festivities. The purpose of these events was to present a world turned upside-d

1923 play by Jules Romains

farce

play written by Georges Feydeau

Turcaret (or Le Financier) is a comedy by Alain-René Lesage, first produced on 14 February 1709 at the Comédie-Française in Paris. It is considered one of Lesage's most important works.

comedy play by Molière

play written by Marc Camoletti

play by Pierre de Marivaux

comedy play by Georges Feydeau

comedy play

twelfth-century Latin comedic play (elegiac comedy)

play written by Marcel Pagnol

play by Georges Feydeau

play written by Jean Poiret

play

1865 play

play written by Georges Feydeau