Laughing and weeping in the early modern theatre
A study of laughter and weeping in English theatres, broadly defined, from around 1550 until their closure in 1642. The book is concerned both with the representation of these actions on the stage, and with what can be reconstructed about the laughter and weeping of theatrical audiences themselves
Criticism, interpretation, etc
158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780754657026, 0754657027
1013253627
Contents: Introduction; Renaissance constructions of laughter and weeping; Laughing on stage; Weeping on stage; Audiences laughing; Audiences weeping; Soft smiling?: Lyly and Jonson; Horrid laughter; Shakespeare's theatre of sympathy; Bibliography; Index.