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To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. From the
Ghost's appearance in Hamlet to Celia's frightful speech in
Volpone, interruptions are an overlooked linguistic and dramatic
form that delineates the balance of power within a scene. This book
analyses interruptions as a specific form in dramatic literature,
arguing that these everyday occurrences, when transformed into
aesthetic phenomena, reveal illuminating connections: between
characters, between actor and audience, and between text and
reader. Focusing on the works of William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson
and John Fletcher, Michael M. Wagoner examines interruptions that
occur through the use of punctuation and stage directions, as well
as through larger forms, such as conventions and dramaturgy. He
demonstrates how studying interruptions may indicate aspects of
authorial style - emphasizing a playwright's use and control of a
text - and how exploring relative power dynamics pushes readers and
audiences to reconsider key plays and characters, providing new
considerations of the relationships between Othello and Iago, or
Macbeth and the Ghost of Banquo.
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