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Book SynopsisBridget Escolme is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary College, University of London, and a leading figure in the study of early modern drama in performance. She researches and teaches historical theatre and its contemporary production, particularly early modern drama and the ways in which original and current staging practices produce space and subjectivity. She has published with CUP and Routledge in the past.
Trade ReviewA compelling read ... Escolme provides an imaginative and profitable nexus between theatre studies and the history of emotions, benefitting scholars from both fields -- Brid Philips, University of Western Australia * Cerae: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / Introduction / 1. 'A Brain that Leads my Use of Anger' Choler and the Politics of Spatial Production / 2. 'Do you mock old age, you rogues?' Excessive Laughter, Cruelty and Compassion / 3. 'Give Me Excess of It' Love, Virtue and Excessive Pleasure in
All's Well that Ends Well and
Antony and Cleopatra / 4. Stop your Sobbing: Grief, Melancholy and Moderation / Conclusion / Bibliography
