what is a summary of drama villa for sale?

Villa for sale is a drama written by Sacha Guitry. In this drama Juliette puts up her villa for sale.some customers come to see the villa but they do not buy it. after almost a month, Juliette gets a call saying a lady will come to buy it. a french couple Gaston and Jeanne come to take a look at the villa. while waiting for the owner of the villa, gaston indicater that he has no intention of buying a villa.
Juliette enters and gives a complete discription of the villa.after much bargaining Juliette reduces the price from 2,50,000 francks to 2,00,000 francks.
gaston doesn 't agree and is about to leave when Jeanne wants to have a look around the villa. Jeanne wants to see the upper floor Gaton doesn 't joins them.
Mrs al Smith arrives to look at the villa. she mistakes Gaston as the owner of the villa. She buys the villa for 3,00,000 francks.
When Jeanne returns after looking at the top floor,she indicates that she has lost the idea of buying the villa but Gaston desires to buy the villa for 2,00,000 francks.Juliette is still unaware that Gaston has sold the villa to mrs al smith. Gaston 's ingenuitnity is later discovered by Jeanne.
Villa for sale is nothing but just about a woman( Juliette) who sells her house to a couple in hastiness,and Mr.Gatson who buys the house sells it to another american who assumes Gatson to be the husband of juliette when his wife Jeanne and Juliette go to inspect the top floor of the house. it is all about the tricky minded Gatson.

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Villa for Sale, written by the famous playwright of the Boulevard theatre, is a play in which the owner, a lady named Juliette, wants to sell her villa as she is in need of money and she is fed up of that place. The entire play revolves around the characters namely Juliette, Gaston, Jeanne, Mrs Al Smith and a maid.

The play begins with a conversation between the maid and Juliette where the former tries to convince the latter to rethink on putting the villa on sale. Juliette is sure to sell the place as she is completely frustrated at the mere sight of the sign 'Villa for Sale'. Although customers come to see the villa after it has been put on sale, nobody buys it. She puts up a very restless tone when the maid suddenly asks her to permit a few days leave because she got a role to play in a film at Joinville Studio. The reason to introduce this part in the play is to represent the irony of human situation where it is difficult for Juliette to sell a villa for a meagre amount of a hundred thousand while the maid was offered a hundred francs a morning for acting as a maid. The maid exemplifies her modesty when she says that she could not turn down the offer to act especially when all she was getting paid by Juliette for an entire month was four hundred francs. There is a gentle humour in the tone when the maid proposes the idea of acting for Juliette as well, which would pay her quite a good sum.

The next scene continues with the arrival of Gaston and Jeanne to buy the villa. Their heated argument reflects their intentions on buying the villa. Gaston was completely against buying it while Jeanne was extremely willing to buy it for her as well as her parents to reside in it. She wanted to purchase it even if it meant humiliation from her husband. After a very angry argument between both they decide not to buy the villa and were about to leave when Juliette enters.

After a brief witty discussion with the couple, Juliette reveals the price at which she wants to sell the villa, i.e., two hundred thousand francs. Gaston doesn't agree and is about to leave when Jeanne wants to have a look around the villa. Jeanne wants to see the upper floor Gaston doesn't joins them.

Here is introduced the climax of the story which gives it an extremely interesting turn. Mrs Al Smith arrives to look at the villa. She mistakes Gaston as the owner of the villa. Here is when Gaston deceives her and sells her the villa for 3,00,000 francs. Later, when Mrs Al Smith takes a leave after presenting Gaston the cheque, Gaston is amazed and very impressed with himself on striking such a good deal.

The next part of the play shows change in the attitude of Gaston when the ladies come back after taking a tour of the entire house. This time the tables have turned when Jeanne indicates that she has lost the idea of buying the villa but Gaston desires to buy the villa for 2,00,000 francs. Juliette is still unaware that Gaston has sold the villa to Mrs Al smith. So, she is amazed at the eagerness with which Gaston offers to buy the villa the very next day. This ingenuity of Gaston is later discovered by Jeanne. This play clearly depicts how a good businessman does not ever let go of any profitable situation from his hands.

Juliette wishes to sell her villa but is really disappointed that no prospective customers walked that way. The sign ‘For Sale’ has been there since a month but the villa appeared not to interest anyone. Juliette confesses to her maid that she was so fed up that she would do anything to get the wretched place off her hands. She starts doubting whether it was sensible to ask for two hundred thousand francs. The villa was located near French Hollywood and was in reasonable condition but no one seemed interested to buy it. Meanwhile the maid requests Juliette to give her an off since she had been offered the role of a maid in a movie. Juliette is surprised to discover that the maid was going to earn a hundred francs just for a day’s work. The maid surprises Juliette by suggesting that even she could act as a cook and earn quite a bit of money. Juliette is amazed to know that the entire locality was busy taking up one role or the other in movies.
As Juliette retires for relaxation, two customers, Jeanne and Gaston are ushered in by the maid. They are a young couple. From their conversation, it is evident that the wife Jeanne is more eager to buy the villa. She wants to buy it for her parents and her sister’s family. Gaston is very business-minded, very shrewd and he is least interested in making any investment for his wife’s family. Meanwhile Juliette makes an appearance. She pretends to be very proud of her villa and single handedly announces that the villa perfectly suited the personality of the customers. She flatters the young couple, calls them ‘exceptional’ that the villa was according to their taste. Juliette hikes up the price and then brings it down to two hundred thousand francs and pretends to do a favour to the couple. Gaston is totally irritated by now and makes it very clear that he has no intention of purchasing the villa. As they are leaving, Jeanne expresses a desire to see the upper floor. Both Juliette and Jeanne go upstairs.
Gaston is busy cribbing when the maid ushers in another customer, Mrs Al Smith. Mrs Al Smith mistakes Gaston to be the owner of the villa and expresses her desire to buy the villa. Initially Gaston just wiles away the conversation but his business-instincts are aroused when he discovers that Mrs Al Smith is really interestedin buying the villa. Mrs Al Smith was an actress. She wanted to buy this villa to make a new house near Hollywood. She has loads of money but has no time to inspect the house or go in details. Gaston quotes three hundred thousand and to his utmost surprise the lady hands him the cheque and makes a quick departure. In the meantime Jeanne and Juliette come back. Jeanne is astounded to discover that within a short while Gaston has changed his mind. He gives a cheque of two hundred thousand to Juliette and walks out, smiling to himself, with his wife. The transaction had been quite worthwhile, chuckled Gaston to himself.

The one act play, "Villa for sale" is set in France. The humorous play revolves round Juliette’s villa. The main character include Juliette, the owner of the villa, Gaston and Jeanne the couple who are interested in purchasing the villa and Mrs. A L Smith an arrogant actress is also interested in buying the villa as it is near Paramount studio where she is going to shoot some films.

In this drama Juliette puts up her villa for sale. Jeanne sees a placard ‘Villa for sale” hanging outside the gate of the villa. She wants to buy the villa for her parents. She has been insisting on it since one month. Gaston is very business-minded, very shrewd and he expresses his displeasure in making any investment on his wife’s family. So, whenever she joins any conversation with him pertaining to purchase of villa, Gaston explains his unwillingness to buy a villa.

But, Jeanne is firm in her decision to buy a villa. They reach the villa and have a look at it.Gaston who is not interested to buy the villa finds faults with it. He says the garden looks like a yard with a patch of grass in the middle and the salon is small. On the other hand, Jeanne has a good opinion about villa. Gaston is totally irritated by now and makes it very clear that he has no intention of purchasing the villa and is about to leave.

At that very moment, the owner of the villa enters. She pretends to be very proud of her villa and single-handedly announces that the villa perfectly suited their personalities. She flatters the young couple, calls them ‘exceptional’ that the villa was according to their taste. After much bargaining Juliette reduces the price from 2,50,000 francs to 2,00,000 francs. Gaston rejects and is about to leave when Jeanne surprises him that she wants to see the upper floor and finally decide whether to purchase the villa or not.

When the two women go up, Gaston is left alone. While he waits, Mrs. A L Smith the American actress arrives to look at the villa. While she is conversing with him, Gaston realizes that Mrs. Smith has mistaken him as the owner of the villa and wanted to make a deal with him. He senses to make some money by this deal. He acts as owner of the villa and tells Mrs. Smith that the villa will cost 300000 francs. Immediately she hands over to Gaston a cheque of 300000 francs. She leaves telling him that her lawyer will complete the rest of the transaction.

Juliette and his wife returns after looking at the top floor, she says that she has lost the idea of buying the villa but Gaston explains to her the Villa will not only allow her parents staying with them but also allow them to enjoy country life after retirement. Then, he immediately hands over a cheque of 200000 francs to Juliette.

Juliette is still unaware that Gaston has sold the villa to Mrs.A L Smith. Gaston's ingenuity is later discovered by Jeanne. Mr.Gaston has earned one hundred and thousand france in the deal.