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Clowning and Authorship in Early Modern Theatre /

To early modern audiences, the 'clown' was much more than a minor play character. A celebrity performer, he was a one-man sideshow whose interactive entertainments, including face-pulling, farce interludes, jigs and rhyming contests with the crowd, were the main event. Clowning epitomized...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Preiss, Richard (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. Fools and jesters in literature. Clowns in literature.

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