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Format: 1 online resource (496 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780812205015

Series Statement: The Middle Ages Series

Content: Theater historian Jody Enders brings a dozen of the funniest French farces to contemporary English speaking audiences for the first time. This performance-friendly collection includes background information about the plays for medievalists, theater practitioners, and classic comedy lovers alike.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , On Abbreviations, Short Titles, Notes, and Bibliography -- , Preface -- , Introduction -- , About This Translation -- , Brief Plot Summaries -- , Actors’ Prologue -- , 1. The Farce of the Fart [Farce nouvelle et fort joyeuse du Pect] -- , 2. The Edict of Noée, or, Shut Up! It’s the Farce of the Rights of Women [Farce des Drois de la Porte Bodès] -- , 3. Confession Lessons, or, The Farce of the Lusty Husband Who Makes His Confession to a Woman, His Neighbor, Who Is Disguised as a Priest [Farce de celuy qui se confesse à sa voisine] -- , 4. The Farce of the Student Who Failed His Priest Exam because He Didn’t Know Who Was Buried in Grant’s Tomb [Farce du Clerc qui fut refusé à estre prestre] -- , 5. Blind Man’s Buff, or, The Farce of "The Chokester" [Farce du Goguelu] -- , 6. Playing Doctor, or, Taking the Plunge (The Farce of the Woman Whose Neighbor Gives Her an Enema) [Farce d’une Femme à qui son Voisin baille ung clistoire] -- , 7. At Cross Purposes, or, The Farce of the Three Lovers of the Cross [Farce de trois Amoureux de la Croix] -- , 8. Shit for Brains, or, The Party Pooper-Scooper [Farce de Tarabin- Tarabas] -- , 9. Monk-ey Business, or, A Marvelous New Farce for Four Actors, to Wit, the Cobbler, the Monk, the Wife, and the Gatekeeper [Le Savetier, le Moyne, la Femme, et le Portier] -- , 10. Getting Off on the Wrong Foot, or, Who’s Minding the Whore? for Three Actors, to Wit, the Lover Minding the Store, the Cobbler, and His Wife [Farce de Celuy qui garde les Patins] -- , 11. Cooch E. Whippet, or, The Farce of Martin of Cambray [Farce de Martin de Cambray] -- , 12. Birdbrain: A Musical Comedy? or, School Is for the Birds [Farce joyeuse de Maistre Mimin] -- , Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Acknowledgments. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.9783/9780812205015

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205015

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205015

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Format: xv, 477 p.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Series Statement: The Middle Ages series

Language: English

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