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The Miser
17th century French comedy by Molière
The Imaginary Invalid
comedy-ballet by Molière
The Misanthrope
comedy by Molière
Cyrano de Bergerac
play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand
Ubu roi
1895 play by Alfred Jarry
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
comédie-ballet by Molière
No Exit
1944 play by Jean-Paul Sartre
Scapin the Schemer
three-act comedy by Molière
Rhinoceros
play by Eugène Ionesco
Ruy Blas
tragedy by Victor Hugo
Le Médecin malgré lui
comedy play by Molière
The Just Assassins
play by Albert Camus
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
comédie-ballet by Molière
God of Carnage
play by Yasmina Reza
The Maids
1946 play written by Jean Genet
Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu
Becket or The Honour of God (), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author acknowledged.
The Madwoman of Chaillot
drama by Jean Giraudoux
Le Père
play written by Florian Zeller
Knock
1923 play by Jules Romains
The Italian Straw Hat (play)
farce
A Flea in Her Ear
play written by Georges Feydeau
The Balcony
play written by Jean Genet
Boeing-Boeing
play written by Marc Camoletti
The Condemned of Altona
1959 play written by Jean-Paul Sartre
Marie Tudor
play by Victor Hugo
Angelo, Tyrant of Padua
play by Victor Hugo
Gismonda
Gismonda is a Greek-set melodrama in four acts by Victorien Sardou that premiered on October 31, 1894 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance. In 1918, the play was adapted for the now lost film ''Love's Conquest. In 1918/1919, it was adapted into the opera Gismonda'' by Henry Février.
The Lady from Maxim's
comedy play by Georges Feydeau
Le Dîner de Cons
comedy play
Adrienne Lecouvreur
play by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe
Topaze
play written by Marcel Pagnol
L'Aigle à deux têtes
play written by Jean Cocteau
La Cage aux Folles
play written by Jean Poiret
Le Dindon
play by Georges Feydeau
The Two Orphans
French play of 1874 by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon
La Tosca
play by Victorien Sardou
Journey Through the Impossible
play by Jules Verne and Adolphe d'Ennery
Le voyageur sans bagage
1937 play written by Jean Anouilh
Kean
1836 play by Alexandre Dumas
L'Idiote
'''''L'Idiote''' (The Idiot'') is a comic mystery play by Marcel Achard. It was first performed in France under that name at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris in 1960-1962.
L'Hôtel du libre échange
1894 French comedy
It's Only the End of the World
1990 play written by Jean-Luc Lagarce
The Glass of Water
1840 play written by Eugène Scribe
Madame X
1908 play by Alexandre Bisson
Le voyage de monsieur Perrichon
play