In 1907, The Flea in the Ear signed Feydeau’s triumphant return to vaudeville. With its formidable construction and incredible fantasy, it is “a firework display lit above an anthill”, as the criticism of the time underlines, which is also overwhelmed by the address with which the theme of the double is renewed.

The main object of the upcoming confusion is a package opened “by accident” by Mr. Chandebise’s wife: straps sent from the Minet-Galant hotel. Stung, Raymonde convinces herself that she is deceived. She called on her friend Lucienne to write a letter to meet her husband in the same hotel. The accomplice was wrong because the letter written in her hand falls into those of her own husband, who in turn thinks he is outraged… Everyone will find themselves at Le Minet-Galant where the boy from the hotel, Poche, is a double of Raymonde’s husband. More than ever, La Puce à l’oreille exploits ingenious stage resources: an “emergency staircase” and above all a ploy to make adulterous couples disappear at the slightest warning.