The second Comedie Francaise show I went to was Les Affares Sont Les Affaires, a comedy by Octab Mirbeau.
I use 'comedy' losely...it's meant to be a comedy, and although it has its funny moments, I found it to be more dramatic and disturbing.
This was the story of Isidore Lechat, a corrupt and possibly entirely insane (and evil) man. He has acquired wealth by exploiting the poor, and in this play, he loses everything in one day - his son and daughter, and his lands.
I found it very dark, and moving, especially in the second act.
Listen to a heated Act II argument between Lechat, his employee Lucien, and his daughter Germaine.
Whoa! And it's all in the dark too!
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