The majority of Shakespeare's plays have at least one clown figure making an appearance. These characters range from rogues who say only a line or two, to important figures like Touchstone and Falstaff. Videbaek examines even the smallest clown roles, showing how the clown's freedom of speech allows him to become a mediator between the audience and the action of the play, helping audience interpretation. This illuminating celebration of the stage clown's contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays will be a valuable resource for both students and scholars alike.
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“Her painstaking analysis of each clown's passage through it's play is commendable...the breadth and scope of her undertaking makes her book a valuable contribution to the field”–New England Theatre Journal
“Dr. Videbaek's book on the clown's role in Shakespeare is a highly original and illuminating account of the contributions to the plays of the resident comics in Shakespeare's company. The approach in this study is far from being narrowly literary or historical, but displays an excellent sense of theatre, and of the Elizabethan theatre in particular, treating Shakespeare's playwriting as a full performance art. The book is gratifyingly written, very much in the current mode of `performance criticism.' I know of no study of the Elizabethan clown that senses so sensitively and richly his function in performance on the stage.”–J.L. Styan, Franklin Bliss Snyder Professor Emeritus of English Literature and Theatre, Northwestern University
“Dr. Videbaek's book on the clown's role in Shakespeare is a highly original and illuminating account of the contributions to the plays of the resident comics in Shakespeare's company. The approach in this study is far from being narrowly literary or historical, but displays an excellent sense of theatre, and of the Elizabethan theatre in particular, treating Shakespeare's playwriting as a full performance art. The book is gratifyingly written, very much in the current mode of `performance criticism.' I know of no study of the Elizabethan clown that senses so sensitively and richly his function in performance on the stage.”–
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BENTE A. VIDEBAEK is an Adjunct Professor of English at Suffolk County Community College.
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