Le Bon Père (English: The Good Father) is a one act comedy by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian.
Le Bon Père is the last of a trilogy of plays called "The Arlequinades" that tell the story of Arlequin, his wife Argentine, and later, their children.
The other two plays in the series are Les Deux Billets and Le Bon Ménage.
His wife and two sons have died, and he now lives alone with a daughter in a fine apartment in Paris, having inherited a large sum of money from a certain Count de Valcour.
Coming from a simple background himself, Arlequin is sympathetic to the young lovers, but he feels that they cannot marry due to the differences in their social status.