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    • La Farce de maître Pathelin (in English The Farce of Master Pathelin; sometimes La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin, La Farce de Pathelin, Farce Maître Pierre Pathelin, or Farce de Maître Pathelin) is a 15th century French farce of disputed origin. The earliest accounts of this play can be traced back to as early as 1457 to 1470, with the 1st printed edition (publ… See more

    Historical relevancy

    Medieval farce came after a large swell in other types of drama, which included a lengthening of the plays, … See more

    Plot summary

    Master Pierre Pathelin is a local village lawyer with no professional, formal training who has very little work, due to the emerging class of professionally trained clerks and lawyers. In order to obtain cloth to replace … See more

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    Written byAnonymous
    CharactersPierre Pathelin · Guillemette Pathelin · Guillaume Joceaulme · Thibault l’Aignelet · Judge
    Date premieredUnknown (c. 1440)
    Place premieredFrance
    Pathelin and deception in French Farce

    Unlike other play genres in the early 12th to 16th centuries, French farces like Pierre Pathelin were made to highlight the problems in humanity that made society imperfect. Instead of following a structure of the virtuou… See more

    Sources

    • Brockett, Oscar Gross; Hildy, Franklin J. (2013). History of the Theatre. Pearson. ISBN 978-1-292-02515-5.
    • Maddox, Donald (1978). "The Morphology of Mischief in "Maistre Pierre Pathelin"". L'Esprit Créateur. 1… See more

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    English translation by Moritz Jagendorf (Google Books) See more

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