My mother-in-law is a beast (work)

My mother-in-law is a beast, whose name in the original French language is Le Comptiment des dames seules, is a play in three acts written by Maurice Hennequin and Alberto Mitchel that was first represented in the Théâtre du Palais- Royal of Paris the 27 of November of 1917. Characters Synopsis

A woman whose daughter has just been married treats her marriage not to be consumed, for which she uses an adventure that her son-in-law had with a stranger to make him believe that his recent wife is actually his daughter.

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