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Informationen zum Autor BENTE A. VIDEBAEK is an Adjunct Professor of English at Suffolk County Community College. Born in Denmark, she holds degrees in English and Danish/Scandinavian from the University of Copenhagen. After moving to the United States, she obtained a doctoral degree in English literature from Northwestern University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The majority of Shakespeare's plays have at least one clown figure making an appearance. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Minor Roles: Cameo Appearance, Great Effect Rustic Clowns in Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra Servant Clowns in Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, The Tempest Miscellaneous Clowns in Richard III, Hamlet, Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale Major Roles: Expanded Function Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing The Dromios in The Comedy of Errors, Speed and Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona Costard in Love's Labour's Lost, Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice Pompey in Measure for Measure The Court Jesters in the Comedies Lavatch in All's Well That Ends Well Touchstone in As You Like It Feste in Twelfth Night The Clown as "The Bitter Fool" Thersites in Troilus and Cressida Lear's Fool in King Lear Falstaff as Clown The Henriad The Merry Wives of Windsor Clown Characteristics in Non-Clown Characters Philip the Bastard in King John Hamlet in Hamlet Conclusion Appendix: The Elizabethan Clown Bibliography Index ...
