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Language: en
Pages: 232
Pages: 232
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Praeger
The majority of Shakespeare's plays have at least one clown figure making an appearance. These characters range from rogues who say only a line or two, to impor
Language: en
Pages: 244
Pages: 244
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Focusing on the clown Will Kemp, this book shows how Shakespeare and other dramatists wrote specific roles as vehicles for him.
Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: DS Brewer
From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it stripped fr
Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Richard Preiss presents a lively and provocative study of how the ever-popular stage clown shaped early modern playhouse theatre.
Language: en
Pages: 202
Pages: 202
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-07-31 - Publisher: Routledge
This volume offers a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses what a Shakespeare play actually is.