Fans of Noël Coward’s witty, playful and meticulously crafted romantic comedies will find much to love in The False Servant, Martin Crimp’s new adaptation of 18th century novelist and dramatist Pierre de Marivaux’s heartless comedy of bad manners. A cross-dressed chevalier, who uses the disguise to discover the true intentions of her suitor, lies at the center of this bizarre comedy of passion and deception. Is the chevalier’s suitor truly in love – or is he just trying to get closer to her considerable wealth? The mysterious promptings of the human heart lie beneath the wit and verbal exuberance in this charmingly offbeat comedy presented by L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.