Deburau: A Comedy is a play written by French playwright Sacha Guitry in 1921. The play is a fictionalized account of the life of Jean-Gaspard Deburau, a famous mime artist who lived in Paris during the 19th century. The play is set in the Parisian theatre scene of the 1830s and follows Deburau's rise to fame as a performer and his tumultuous personal life, including his marriage to a woman from a wealthy family and his affair with a fellow performer...