This study takes a look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged? Drawing on performance studies, it provides detailed readings of play texts to explore the politics, pathologies and parodies of mourning.
Keywords
drama Hamlet stage theatre tragedy William Shakespeare
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627406
Copyright InformationPalgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006