Editing François Villon (section)

===Stage===
*[[Justin Huntly McCarthy]]'s 1901 play and novel, ''[[If I Were King (1920 film)|If I Were King]],'' presented a romanticized view of Villon, using the “King for a Day” theme and giving the poet a happy ending with a beautiful noblewoman. 
*''[[The Vagabond King]]'' is a 1925 operetta by [[Rudolf Friml]]. Based on McCarthy's play, it was eventually made into two films. (See below.)
*''[[The Threepenny Opera|Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)]]'', from 1928, by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, contains several songs that are loosely based on poems by Villon. These poems include "Les Contredits de Franc Gontier", "La Ballade de la Grosse Margot", and "L'Epitaphe Villon". Brecht used German translations of Villon's poems that had been prepared by {{visible anchor|K. L. Ammer}} ({{ill|Karl Anton Klammer|de}}), although Klammer was uncredited.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Thomson|editor1-first=Peter|editor2-last=Sacks|editor2-first=Glendyr|year=1994|title=The Cambridge Companion to Brecht|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-42485-1| pages = 108–111}}</ref>
*{{interlanguage link|Daniela Fischerová|qid=Q1163375}} wrote a play in Czech that focused on Villon's trial called ''Hodina mezi psem a vlkem''—which translates to "Dog and Wolf" but literally translates as "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf". The [[Juilliard School]] in New York City mounted a 1994 production of the play, directed by Michael Mayer with music by Michael Philip Ward.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.juilliard.edu/journal/abu-hassan-1920-juilliard-civilian-defense-council-1942-lim%C3%B3n%E2%80%99s-waldstein-sonata-1975 |title= Time Capsule: "Abu Hassan" (1920); Juilliard Civilian Defense Council (1942); Limón's "Waldstein Sonata" (1975) Fischerova Plays (1994) | first = Jeni | last = Dahmus | date = April 2012 | work = The Juilliard Journal | publisher = [[Juilliard School|The Juilliard School]] |access-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816161011/http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/abu-hassan-1920-juilliard-civilian-defense-council-1942-lim%C3%B3n%E2%80%99s-waldstein-sonata-1975 |archive-date=16 August 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>