A servant or lower-class person posing as a member of the upper class is a stock character in farces, or in contemporary situation comedies. One example is the libretto of Johann Strauss' most famous operetta Die Fledermaus in which a maid, Adele, enacts such a role at a nobleman's ball. Li za Doolittle, a former flower seller, thanks to the.....
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