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Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage: Passion´s Slaves
Bridget Escolme
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This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage demonstrates the links made between excess of emotion and madness in the early modern period. It argues that the ways in which today's popular and theatrical cultures judge how much is too much can distort our understanding of early modern drama and theatre. It argues that permitting the excesses of the early modern drama onto the contemporary stage might free actors and audiences alike from assumptions that in order to engage with the drama of the past, its ... Read more
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage demonstrates the links made between excess of emotion and madness in the early modern period. It argues that the ways in which today's popular and theatrical cultures judge how much is too much can distort our understanding of early modern drama and theatre. It argues that permitting the excesses of the early modern drama onto the contemporary stage might free actors and audiences alike from assumptions that in order to engage with the drama of the past, its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408179673
SKU
V9781408179673
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About Bridget Escolme
Bridget Escolme is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary College, University of London, and a leading figure in the study of early modern drama in performance. She researches and teaches historical theatre and its contemporary production, particularly early modern drama and the ways in which original and current staging practices produce space and subjectivity. She has published with CUP ... Read more
Reviews for Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage: Passion´s Slaves
A compelling read ... Escolme provides an imaginative and profitable nexus between theatre studies and the history of emotions, benefitting scholars from both fields
Brid Philips, University of Western Australia
Cerae: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Brid Philips, University of Western Australia
Cerae: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies