Oscar (play)
Oscar or Oscar, a Misunderstanding in 3 Acts is a French comedy by the playwright Claude Magnier , premiered at the Athenaeum Theater, Paris , in 1958 in a production by Jacques Mauclair .
background
Pierre Mondy originally played the main role of Bertrand Barnier alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo as the cunning Christian Martin. However, the piece was only granted great success when Louis de Funès took on the lead role in 1959 . The production with De Funès, directed by Pierre Mondy, brought it to almost 600 performances. Between 1959 and 1972 he played several times with his son Olivier de Funès , who slipped into the role of Christian Martin, at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal .
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In this comedy, one mix-up chases the other, primarily triggered by an explosive suitcase that almost drives the choleric cosmetics manufacturer Barnier to despair, as does his shrewd employee Albert, who gets him out of bed early in the morning and demands a raise before he gets one Confesses million embezzlement. When Barnier wants to call the police, Albert also asks for his daughter's hand, more precisely for the hand of the girl he thinks is the daughter.
The following is therefore not only about money, scams and deceit, but also about love, especially the love of daughter Colette for the chauffeur Oscar, who her father threw out. Now Colette only wants one thing: out of this house! And she is very similar in temperament to her father, with a loud outburst of anger, then with a skeptical look, crying, defiant or seductively flattering. Mother Marie-Louise is determined and determined to keep the situation under control and to find a husband for the child, perhaps her husband's athletic masseur.
In the end, shy Nicole, who suddenly appears, and Charlotte, who applies to be a housekeeper and awakens memories in Barnier, remain completely calm in the chaos. Will the two women help turn things around?
Completely confusing is the game of the suitcase with the embezzled millions, more precisely: the three deceptively similar suitcases, one of which contains the money and which are constantly exchanged.
Productions
French productions
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Canadian production
| 2009, Théâtre Du Vieux-Terrebonne, Québec, Canada | |
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| Director: | Alain Zouvi |
| Bertrand Barnier | Benoît Brière |
| Christian Martin | Gabriel Sabourin |
| Madame Barnier | Josée Deschênes |
| Philippe | Stéphane Breton |
| Monsieur Barnier's servant | Martin Héroux |
| Bernadette | Caroline Bouchard |
| Colette | Marie-Eve Beaulieu |
| Jaqueline | Léa Traversy |
| Charlotte | Danielle Lépine |
| Oscar | Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi |
German production
| 2012, Das kleine Hoftheater, Hamburg, Germany | |
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| Director: | Lars Ceglecki |
| Bertrand Barnier | Helmut Gentsch |
| Christian Martin | Ulf Albrecht |
| Madame Barnier | Claudia Isbarn |
| Philippe | Jens Raygrotzki |
| Bernadette | Anja Frers |
| Colette | Wibke Leni |
| Jaqueline | Melanie Weirather |
| Charlotte | Konni Fischer |
| Oscar | Jonah Manow |
Film adaptations
The play was filmed in 1967 by Édouard Molinaro , again with De Funès as Monsieur Barnier. The role of Christian Martin played here Claude Rich .
- Main article: Oscar (1967)
In 1991, directed by John Landis, an American remake was made, which set the plot in the prohibition era in the gangster milieu of the 1930s. The lead role, renamed Angelo "Snaps" Provolone, played Sylvester Stallone .
- Main article: Oscar - From bad to worse
literature
- Claude Magnier: Oscar, a misunderstanding in 3 acts (original title: Oscar ). Translated by Hans Weigel (not for sale stage manuscript ) Bloch, Berlin 1973, 150 pages
Web links
- Oscar (1967) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oscar - From the rain to the eaves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Theater publishing house Felix Bloch Erben. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Oscar" celebrated its premiere. In: Blick aktuell, local newspaper for the community of Weißenthurm, April 2015.
- ↑ Note: The names are different depending on the text and staging.