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Laughing and Weeping in Early Modern Theatres (Paperback)
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Laughing and Weeping in Early Modern Theatres (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Did Shakespeare's original audiences weep? Equally, while it seems
obvious that they must have laughed at plays performed in early
modern theatres, can we say anything about what their laughter
sounded like, about when it occurred, and about how, culturally, it
was interpreted? Related to both of these problems of audience
behaviour is that of the stage representation of laughing, and
weeping, both actions performed with astonishing frequency in early
modern drama. Each action is associated with a complex set of
non-verbal noises, gestures, and cultural overtones, and each is
linked to audience behaviour through one of the axioms of
Renaissance dramatic theory: that weeping and laughter on stage
cause, respectively, weeping and laughter in the audience. This
book is a study of laughter and weeping in English theatres,
broadly defined, from around 1550 until their closure in 1642. It
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, arguing that both
actions have a peculiar importance in defining the early modern
theatrical experience.
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