Abstract
This essay explores the ways in which early modern clowns disturb both spatial and generic decorum within early modern drama, and examines the ideological implications of these disturbances. With a particular focus on plays set in the Mediterranean, it demonstrates how clown-figures, through a variety of techniques, refocus attention on the performance space even at moments when plays seem most concerned with the real geographical locations they present. The essay ends by considering the impact of clowning on plays’ capacities to construct what John Gillies has influentially called a ‘geography of difference’.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 111-124 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Cahiers Élisabéthains |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 1 Oct 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2015 |
Keywords
- clown
- Mediterranean
- intertheatricality
- dramatic geography
- genre
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Profiles
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Dr Laurence J W Publicover
- Department of English - Senior Lecturer in English
- Early Modern Studies
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