Enter the Clowns: Adapting Shakespeare after 1642

This paper focuses on the genre of drolls as they were compiled in Francis Kirkman‘s collection The Wits or Sport upon Sport, published in 1672 and 1673. The anthology includes scenes from Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream and draws upon characters like Falstaff and others. By description and...

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Main Author: Škrobánková Klára
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2017.2017.issue-2/lincu-2017-0017/lincu-2017-0017.xml?format=INT