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]

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. On Abbreviations, Short Titles, Notes, and Bibliography ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. About This Translation 33
7. Brief Plot Summaries 55
8. The PLAYS
9. Actors’ Prologue 63
10. 1. The Farce of the Fart [Farce nouvelle et fort joyeuse du Pect] 65
11. 2. The Edict of Noée, or, Shut Up! It’s the Farce of the Rights of Women [Farce des Drois de la Porte Bodès] 86
12. 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] 107
13. 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] 144
14. 5. Blind Man’s Buff, or, The Farce of “The Chokester” [Farce du Goguelu] 159
15. 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] 194
16. 7. At Cross Purposes, or, The Farce of the Three Lovers of the Cross [Farce de trois Amoureux de la Croix] 219
17. 8. Shit for Brains, or, The Party Pooper-Scooper [Farce de Tarabin- Tarabas] 252
18. 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] 279
19. 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] 311
20. 11. Cooch E. Whippet, or, The Farce of Martin of Cambray [Farce de Martin de Cambray] 333
21. 12. Birdbrain: A Musical Comedy? or, School Is for the Birds [Farce joyeuse de Maistre Mimin] 368
22. Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials 401
23. Notes 411
24. Bibliography 463
25. Acknowledgments 475