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Dr Johnson believed that Shakespeare was at his best in ‘comic scenes’, but it is a long time since anyone explained convincingly what in the plays was inte
The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare
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From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it stripped fr
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Discusses the plot, characters, and themes of five Shakespearean tragedies.