The Threesome

The master of French farce, Eugène Labiche, brings us a story about adultery. The setting is Paris, 1870. Adultery ought to be a serious business…but it’s hard to keep your dignity when the cleaning lady has a fireman in your kitchen and she suspects that something’s up. Not to mention the fact that your lover is not only stuck halfway up a drainpipe but is also your husband’s very best friend. And as for the blackmailing taxi-driver… he knows everything!