At the Foire Saint-Laurent, Polichinelle is conversing with a Poète (Poet), Monsieur de la Rimaille (Mister of the Doggerel), about how low the pay for writers is. A Chanteuse (Female singer) offers to join Polichinelle’s troupe, but she changes her mind when she learns that singers are hidden behind a piece of cloth in puppet theatres. A Marchand (Merchant) is looking for his wife, who is being unfaithful to him with a shop boy; a Petite Fille (Young Girl) is looking for her mother, who left her for a young man; this young girl herself goes to see a “petit jeune homme” (a little young man) whom she is acquainted with. Gros Thomas (Fat Thomas), a famous barker and tooth puller, arrives.

Rod and string marionette

Not specified

France

Paris

Printed summary

Money

Playwright

Unfaithfulness

Love

Precocity

Barker

Comical

Les Aventures de la Foire Saint-Laurent, manuscript of the play.

French

Polichinelle

Poet

Singer (female)

Merchant (man)

Young girl

Gros Thomas

Play with drawers

Metadiscourse on puppet theatre

Aria

Final song

Les Aventures de la Foire Saint-Laurent

Adventures in the Foire Saint-Laurent