The Étudiant (Student), waiting for the Grisette (Working girl), reads her letter over and over again. When she arrives, their reunion is passionate, and the couple immediately embraces. Their lovemaking, full of noises and exclamations, catches the attention of the neighbour, Monsieur Prudhomme. Intrigued, he enters the scene and starts giving advice. Annoyed by the intrusion, the Étudiant fiercely asks him to stop bothering them, and passionately goes back to his intimate moment with the Grisette.

Glove-puppet

Adults

Monnier Henry

France

Paris

Printed

Student

Young girl

Sexual intercourse

Eroticism

Neighbour (man)

Argument

Comical

Erotic

Félicien Rops, frontispiece for Le Théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé (1864).

French

Young woman

Monsieur Prudhomme

Letter

Off-stage voice

Situation comedy

Comedy of language

Scene of copulation

La Grisette et l'Étudiant

The Working girl and the Student