Le Père Lebonnard

The four-act verse comedy takes place in a provincial salon and follows a self-made clockmaker who, proud of his tools and affection for his daughter, confronts his wife's aspirations for an advantageous match. Domestic tensions arise as aristocratic and bourgeois suitors circulate, exposing class anxieties, social ambition, and comic misunderstandings. Through intimate scenes and a recurring single-room setting, the play balances warm paternal devotion, artisanal integrity, and satirical observation of pretension, resolving conflicts with reconciliation and humor that underline family loyalty and moral common sense.