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Book SynopsisSara Beam, in revealing how theater and politics were intimately intertwined, shows how the topics we joke about in public reflect and shape larger religious and political developments.
Trade ReviewSara Beam rightly claims that the story of farce is a useful gauge of the evolving climate of early modern France.... Most fascinating is Beam's account of how, in the early seventeenth century, satire of a type that had decades earlier been found in the theater made its way into printed pamphlets published in the name of noted performers of farce.
-- Julia Prest * Times Literary Supplement *
Sara Beams's book is packed with engaging information on the history of farce and its evolution within the political, religious, and cultural contexts of early modern France.... The writing is clear and engaging, and the content never less than interesting. In exploring a topic that has received too little scholarly attention, Beam brings to light the significant relationship between farce and politics in early modern France.
* Comparative Drama *
