Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at University of California, Santa Barbara.

“Introduces a new readership to a virtually unknown body of dramatic texts from continental Europe . . . Enders perfectly guides readers through the difficult and arcane world of law and order à la Française, and her modern rapprochements between the legal world in contemporary America versus Medieval and Renaissance France are simply delightful.”

• Contents Foreword 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 JusteTranslational Politics and the Politics of Translation The Language of Farce Legal Players and Legalese Editions and Printed Sources Critical Apparatus, Stage Directions, Composite Editions Money Math Prose, Verse, and Music Brief Plot Summaries The Plays1. Not Gettin’ Any [La Farce du 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 jeun 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 MaterialsWorks Cited

Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at University of California, Santa Barbara.

“Introduces a new readership to a virtually unknown body of dramatic texts from continental Europe . . . Enders perfectly guides readers through the difficult and arcane world of law and order à la Française, and her modern rapprochements between the legal world in contemporary America versus Medieval and Renaissance France are simply delightful.”

• Contents Foreword 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 JusteTranslational Politics and the Politics of Translation The Language of Farce Legal Players and Legalese Editions and Printed Sources Critical Apparatus, Stage Directions, Composite Editions Money Math Prose, Verse, and Music Brief Plot Summaries The Plays1. Not Gettin’ Any [La Farce du 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 jeun 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 MaterialsWorks Cited

Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French at University of California, Santa Barbara.

“Introduces a new readership to a virtually unknown body of dramatic texts from continental Europe . . . Enders perfectly guides readers through the difficult and arcane world of law and order à la Française, and her modern rapprochements between the legal world in contemporary America versus Medieval and Renaissance France are simply delightful.”

• Contents Foreword 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 JusteTranslational Politics and the Politics of Translation The Language of Farce Legal Players and Legalese Editions and Printed Sources Critical Apparatus, Stage Directions, Composite Editions Money Math Prose, Verse, and Music Brief Plot Summaries The Plays1. Not Gettin’ Any [La Farce du 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 jeun 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 MaterialsWorks Cited