All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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... court masques . The interplay of these three factors help explain contemporary attitudes and changes in the actor - character impact on audiences . Chamberlain reveals how these factors shaped differences in response from about 1598 to ...
... court masques . The interplay of these three factors help explain contemporary attitudes and changes in the actor - character impact on audiences . Chamberlain reveals how these factors shaped differences in response from about 1598 to ...
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... Court me ! court a woman , my Liedge ! .. Basil . Why , thats the very happinesse of the iest : but in any case confesse thy selfe a man . Lisan . A man , my liedge ! I ha no colour fort . Basil . Tush , Ile furnish thee : say thou art ...
... Court me ! court a woman , my Liedge ! .. Basil . Why , thats the very happinesse of the iest : but in any case confesse thy selfe a man . Lisan . A man , my liedge ! I ha no colour fort . Basil . Tush , Ile furnish thee : say thou art ...
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... court to country and there not only behaves like a courtier , in longing for the court , but shows his inner being by marrying Audrey . He is , thus , unlike and like Jonson's " essential Clowne " in Every Man out of His Humour , who ...
... court to country and there not only behaves like a courtier , in longing for the court , but shows his inner being by marrying Audrey . He is , thus , unlike and like Jonson's " essential Clowne " in Every Man out of His Humour , who ...
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