Trial by farce : a dozen medieval French comedies in English for the modern stage

Trial by farce : a dozen medieval French comedies in English for the modern stage /

Was there more to comedy than Chaucer, the Second Shepherds' Play, or Shakespeare? Of course! But, for a real taste of medieval and Renaissance humor and in-your-face slapstick, one must cross the Channel to France, where over two hundred extant farces regularly dazzled crowds with blistering s...

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Other authors / contributors: Enders, Jody, 1955- (Editor, Translator)
Imprint: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2023.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
French farces > To 1500 > Translations into English.
French drama > To 1500 > Translations into English.
Law in literature.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Special Note to Actors and Directors
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Judgment Calls
  • Farce to Farce with the Law
  • On the Boundaries of Humor
  • About This Translation: Le Mot Juste, l'Acte Juste
  • Translational Politics and the Politics of Translation
  • The Language of Farce
  • Legal Players and Legalese
  • Editions and Printed Sources
  • Critical Apparatus, Stage Directions, and Composite Editions
  • Money Math
  • Prose, Verse, and Music
  • Brief Plot Summaries
  • The Plays
  • 1. Not Gettin' Any [La Farce du Nouveau Marié qui ne peult fournir à l'appoinctement de sa femme] (Le Nouveau Marié) (RBM, #2)
  • 2. Default Judgment Day, or, In Arrears [Une Femme qui demande les arrérages à son mari] (RBM, #8
  • Rousset, #6)
  • 3. The Washtub: A New Translation [La Farce du Cuvier] (RBM, #4)
  • 4. Basket Case [La Farce de la Femme qui fut desrobée à son mari en sa hotte et mise une pierre en son lieu] (RC, #23)
  • 5. Who's Your Daddy? [Jenin, Filz de Rien] (RBM, #20)
  • 6. Interlude: Beauballs, a Charivari [L'Esbatement de Coillebaut] (Ms. 25, Bibliothèque de Berne)
  • 7. Poor Bastards [Les Batars de Caulx] (RLV, #48)
  • 8. Talking Turkey, or, A Pilgrim's Progress [La Farce de Colin, filz de Thévot le maire, qui vient de Naples et amaine ung Turc prisonnier] (RC, #5
  • RBM, #47
  • Rousset, #2)
  • 9. Okay, Cupid [Le Procès d'un jeune moyne et d'un viel gendarme] (RT, #29
  • Rousset, #7)
  • 10. Witless Protection [La Mère, la Fille, le Tesmoing, L'Amoureulx, et l'Oficial] (L'Official) (RLV, #22)
  • 11. The Trial of Johnny Slowpoke [Jehan de Lagny] (RLV, #31)
  • 12. Runaway Groom: A Final Number [Le Porteur d'eau] (Paris, 1632)
  • Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials
  • Works Cited.

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