Tu es bon là, toi ! ' Don't be ridiculous ! ' ' What

a question ! ' 17.— le théâtre de la foire. Simple, undignified forms of

dramatic entertainment, so called from the foires

of Saint -Oennain and of Saint- Laurent in Paris.

In the théâtre de la Joire there were Punch and

Judy shows, performances of mountebanks,

clowns and sleight-of-hand men, as well as

comic songs and the représentation of farces,

melodrama, etc.