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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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the play is not the thing; 1. What audiences did; 2. Send in the clown; 3. Wiring Richard Tarlton; 4. Nobody's business; 5. Private practice; Epilogue: the principal verb.