Les affaires sont les affaires (Mirbeau play)
| Author | Octave Mirbeau |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'Les affaires sont les affaires' |
| Language | French |
| Genre | comedy |
| Publisher | Fasquelle |
Publication date | April 1903 |
| Publication place | France |
Business is business (French: Les affaires sont les affaires) is a French comedy in three acts, by the novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, performed in April 1903 on the stage of Comédie-Française, in Paris, and worldwide acclaimed, especially in Russia, Germany and United States.
An English-language adaption by Sydney Grundy was produced in London in 1905. An English translation, by Richard J. Hand, was published by Intellect Books in Two Plays: "Business is Business" and "Charity", January 2012, 147 pages (ISBN 9781841504865).