The Most Beautiful Wife - online

"The Most Beautiful Wife” (Madame est trop belle) by Eugène Labiche is a situational comedy, a mirror of the Parisian bourgeoisie, where the plot revolves around a beautiful woman courted by all the men around her.

Direction, Set Design, and Music Illustration: M.C. Ranin

Cast: Florina Stănculeț, Liviu Manolache, Nicodim Ungureanu, Andrei Cantaragiu, Remus Archip, Andu Axente, Luiza Martinescu, Adrian Dumitrescu, Alexandru Iacov, Laura Crăciun, Diana Vieriu, Cosmin Mihale, and Gelu Ciobanu.

Eugène Labiche (1815 – 1888) was considered by his admirers to be the equal of Molière, with his comedies being more complex and less coarse than many other works in the same genre. “Of all the characters that crossed my path and that life offered me, I have selected the bourgeois. By definition mediocre, both in his vices and virtues, he stands halfway between the hero and the villain, between the saint and the libertine,” said the playwright, referring to his work.