{"product_id":"the-farce-of-the-fart-and-other-ribaldries-twelve-medieval-french-plays-in-modern-english-paperback-softback-9780812222517","title":"\"the Farce of the Fart\" and Other Ribaldries; Twelve Medieval French Plays in Modern English (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812222517","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e\"the Farce of the Fart\" and Other Ribaldries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTwelve Medieval French Plays in Modern English\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJody Enders (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812222517\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 March 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.738 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Scurrilous, sexy, stupid, satirical, scatological, side-splitting, and probably something else beginning with 's,' Jody Enders's translation of twelve French farces is a real discovery that goes a long way to readjusting our perception of the Middle Ages. Enders is a great champion of comedy at its most vulgar and hilarious. She points out that however silly or banal these farces may appear to us, they nonetheless confront the real controversies of their day over the law, politics, religion, social order, or the battle of the sexes. Thoroughly grounded in her academic approach to the subject, Enders nevertheless writes with liveliness and humor and wit. She is unafraid to reference modern comedy in her translations and insists on the primacy of performance in assessing these comedies from half a millennium ago.\" (Terry Jones)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas there more to medieval and Renaissance comedy than Chaucer and Shakespeare? \u003ci\u003eBien sÛr\u003c\/i\u003e. For a real taste of saucy early European humor, one must cross the Channel to France. There, in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the sophisticated met the scatological in popular performances presented by roving troupes in public squares that skewered sex, politics, and religion. For centuries, the scripts for these outrageous, anonymously written shows were available only in French editions gathered from scattered print and manuscript sources. Now prize-winning theater historian Jody Enders brings twelve of the funniest of these farces to contemporary English-speaking audiences in \u003ci\u003e\"The Farce of the Fart\" and Other Ribaldries\u003c\/i\u003e. Enders's translation captures the full richness of the colorful characters, irreverent humor, and over-the-top plotlines, all in a refreshingly uncensored American vernacular.\u003cbr\u003e Those who have never heard the one about the Cobbler, the Monk, the Wife, and the Gatekeeper should prepare to be shocked and entertained. \u003ci\u003e\"The Farce of the Fart\" and Other Ribaldries\u003c\/i\u003e is populated by hilarious characters high and low. For medievalists, theater practitioners, and classic comedy lovers alike, Enders provides a wealth of information about the plays and their history. Helpful details abound for each play about plot, character development, sets, staging, costumes, and props. This performance-friendly collection offers in-depth guidance to actors, directors, dramaturges, teachers, and their students.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"The Farce of the Fart\" and Other Ribaldries\u003c\/i\u003e puts fifteenth-century French farce in its rightful place alongside Chaucer, Shakespeare, commedia dell'arte, and MoliÈre-not to mention Monty Python. \u003ci\u003eVive la Farce!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Abbreviations Short Titles, Notes, and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e -History, Development, and the Actors of the Basoche\u003cbr\u003e -Performance and Performance Records\u003cbr\u003e -The Question of Genre\u003cbr\u003e About This Translation\u003cbr\u003e -Editions and Printed Sources\u003cbr\u003e -Critical Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e -Stage Directions\u003cbr\u003e -Prose, Verse, and Music\u003cbr\u003e -Repetition and Repetitiveness\u003cbr\u003e -Language and Style\u003cbr\u003e Brief Plot Summaries\u003cbr\u003e THE PLAYS\u003cbr\u003e Actors' Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eThe Farce of the Fart\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce nouvelle et fort joyeuse du Pect\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eThe Edict of NoÉe, or, Shut Up! It's the Farce of the Rights of Women\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce des Drois de la Porte BodÈs\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eConfession Lessons, or, The Farce of the Lusty Husband Who Makes His Confession to a Woman, His Neighbor, Who Is Disguised as a Priest\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce de celuy qui se confesse À sa voisine\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eThe Farce of the Student Who Failed His Priest Exam because He Didn't Know Who Was Buried in Grant's Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce du Clerc qui fut refusÉ À estre prestre\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eBlind Man's Buff, or, The Farce of \"The Chokester\"\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce du Goguelu\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003ePlaying Doctor, or, Taking the Plunge (The Farce of the Woman Whose Neighbor Gives Her an Enema)\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce d'une Femme À qui son Voisin baille ung clistoire\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 7. \u003ci\u003eAt Cross Purposes, or, The Farce of the Three Lovers of the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce de trois Amoureux de la Croix\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eShit for Brains, or, The Party Pooper-Scooper\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce de Tarabin-Tarabas\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eMonk-ey Business, or, A Marvelous New Farce for Four Actors, to Wit, the Cobbler, the Monk, the Wife, and the Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eLe Savetier, le Moyne, la Femme, et le Portier\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 10. \u003ci\u003eGetting 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\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce de Celuy qui garde les Patins\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 11. \u003ci\u003eCooch E. Whippet, or, The Farce of Martin of Cambray\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce de Martin de Cambray\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e 12. \u003ci\u003eBirdbrain: A Musical Comedy? or, School Is for the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eFarce joyeuse de Maistre Mimin\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734359077144,"sku":"9780812222517","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-farce-of-the-fart-and-other-ribaldries-twelve-medieval-french-plays-in-modern-english-paperback-softback-9780812222517","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}