Doctor Scratch and Other Plays

By Alain-René Le Sage and Charles Rivière Dufresny

Three French comedies revolving around marriage, misidentification, medicine--and money DOCTOR SCRATCH, by No l le Breton, is a clever and hilarious farce, in which love becomes hopelessly entangled in the attempts by the characters to improve their declining financial situations. THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Alain-Ren Lesage, the well-known novelist, two criminals manage to insert themselves as valets to several young men looking to marry the daughters of wealthy families--and decide to abscond with the dowry themselves In THE FORFEITURE, by Charles Dufresny, a handsome young man is constricted in his marriage prospects by the fact that his two maiden-lady aunts control the family fortune, which can only be forfeited to him if they marry. Another valet takes charge by seducing both women in different guises. Three very funny--and very modern--takes on the art and science of romancing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479400769
• ISBN13: 9781479400768
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Borgo Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"