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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... joke suggests that both Burbage and the play Richard III did not need further explanation . Yet Manningham explains the use of names by adding that Shakespeare's was William ( essential for an understanding of the joke ) , whereas it ...
... joke suggests that both Burbage and the play Richard III did not need further explanation . Yet Manningham explains the use of names by adding that Shakespeare's was William ( essential for an understanding of the joke ) , whereas it ...
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... joke . -- Jonson's joke about Cokes ' response implies that theatre should be watched with excitement , but also with the knowledge that it is " show . " Cokes is shown an image without substance , a " show , " as in a dream . Although ...
... joke . -- Jonson's joke about Cokes ' response implies that theatre should be watched with excitement , but also with the knowledge that it is " show . " Cokes is shown an image without substance , a " show , " as in a dream . Although ...
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... joke to Martin : " Davis . Advis . Iudas . " Martin and Davies by then had become arch enemies due to Davies's attack on Martin in February 1598 , just a week after the end of the revels of The Prince of Love . Davies was expelled from ...
... joke to Martin : " Davis . Advis . Iudas . " Martin and Davies by then had become arch enemies due to Davies's attack on Martin in February 1598 , just a week after the end of the revels of The Prince of Love . Davies was expelled from ...
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