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"The Farce of the fart" and other ribaldries : twelve medieval French plays in modern English /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Middle French |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Middle Ages series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.