Laughing and weeping in early modern theatres
Matthew Steggle (Author)
How and when did Shakespeare's audiences laugh, and weep, in early modern theatres? And when laughter, or weeping, were represented on that stage-as they are in hundreds of plays from this period-how were they acted out? This book considers laughter and weeping in the theatres of 1550-1642, arguing that both actions have a peculiar importance in defining the early modern theatrical experience.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
158 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
9781138249400, 1138249408
1043161101
1. Renaissance constructions of laughter and weeping
2. Laughing on stage
3. Weeping on stage
4. Audiences laughing
5. Audiences weeping
6. Soft smiling?: Lyly and Jonson
7. Horrid laughter
8. Shakespeare's theatre of sympathy
Originally published: Aldershot : Ashgate, 2007