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Trial by Farce A Dozen Medieval French Comedies in English for the Modern Stage

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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: Enders, Jody (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2023
Subjects:
Theatre studies
Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Medieval theater, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Middle Ages, farce, comedy, satire, parody, law, legal history, new plays, translation, translation studies, law and literature, performance studies, obscenity, humor, rhetoric or forensic rhetoric, courtroom drama, theater, theatre, theater history, medieval history, popular culture
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