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Olivia Harris (1948–2009) was a British anthropologist and a prominent scholar of Andean communities, particularly the Laymi people of Bolivia. Her academic work focused on political economy, feminist theory, and historical anthropology, examining how indigenous populations navigated colonial and modern structures. She spent much of her academic career teaching at the London School of Economics. Harris's ethnographic research provided deep insights into Andean concepts of kinship, labor, gender, and ritual.
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Who wrote Les Fiancés de Loches?
The vaudeville was written by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières and first performed in Paris in 1888. The original production was staged at the Théâtre Cluny. [Wikisource text](https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fianc%C3%A9s_de_Loches)
What is the plot of Les Fiancés de Loches?
Three provincials from Loches travel to Paris expecting to find marriage partners but mistake an employment bureau for a matrimonial agency. They are hired as servants by Doctor Saint-Galmier, creating the mistaken identities and reversals that drive the farce. [Libre Théâtre](https://libretheatre.fr/les-fiances-de-loches-de-georges-feydeau/)
Is Les Fiancés de Loches a one-act play?
No, the original text identifies it as a vaudeville in three acts. It was first performed on September 27, 1888, at the Théâtre Cluny in Paris. [Wikisource text](https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fianc%C3%A9s_de_Loches)
Why is Doctor Saint-Galmier important in Les Fiancés de Loches?
Saint-Galmier runs a Paris clinic and mistakes the newly hired servants for escaped patients, adding a second layer of confusion to the mistaken marriage-agency plot. His sister Rachel, fiancée Léonie, and former mistress Michette intensify the household's comic misunderstandings. [Théâtre National Populaire](https://www.tnp-villeurbanne.com/spectacle/les-fiances-de-loches/)
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