Two articulated characters: the young lady Trostole... Lot 36

Two articulated characters: the young lady Trostole and her gallant Horace. Marottes with rods and head articulation. La Farce des Bossus', Tabarin, French farce around 1650. Created in Minsk in 1995, performed in Avignon in 1996 and at the Parc de la Villette in 1997 and 1999, this farce of about 20 minutes remained in the repertoire until 2022. This interlude, which precedes Molière's Farces, is a true international success. The old hunchback Trostole goes to court to 'collect his conclusions' by forbidding his young wife to open the door to her three brothers, hunchbacks like himself, but scoundrels and wretches. The husband hardly moved away, the three brothers present themselves, inspire pity in the young woman, enter, and empty the wine barrel. Drunk-dead, the valet Grattelard will throw them one by one in the river, because the woman makes him believe that it is the same hunchback who returns under the table....On his way, he will also throw the husband there. Thus the beautiful widow will be able to marry her gallant Horace. Marottes with stems, heads in resin. Latex hands loaded with acrylic.