LEADER 02891 am 22006013u 450 001 9910311934203321 005 20170816150917.0 010 $a1-4081-7969-5 010 $a1-4081-7968-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000492928 035 $a(EBL)1539006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001059645 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11558490 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059645 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11079623 035 $a(PQKB)10293040 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1539006 035 $a(ScCtBLL)03b44f45-7603-4651-97b8-7dc6ec9a7c76 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000492928 100 $a20130618d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmotional excess on the Shakespearean stage $epassion's slaves /$fBridget Escolme 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Arden Shakespeare,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 1 $aCritical companions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4081-7967-9 311 $a1-4081-7966-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"A brain that leads my use of anger": choler and the politics of spatial production -- "Do you mock old age, you rogues" : excessive laughter, cruelty and compassion -- "Give me excess of it": love, virtue and excessive pleasure in All's well that ends well and Antony and Cleopatra -- Stop your sobbing: grief, melancholy and moderation -- Conclusion: emotional agendas. 330 $aEmotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage demonstrates the links made between excess of emotion and madness in the early modern period. It argues that the ways in which today's popular and theatrical cultures judge how much is too much can distort our understanding of early modern drama and theatre. It argues that permitting the excesses of the early modern drama onto the contemporary stage might free actors and audiences alike from assumptions that in order to engage with the drama of the past, its characters must be just like us. The book deals with characters in the plays of Shakespeare a 410 0$aCritical companions (Methuen Drama) 606 $aEmotions in literature 606 $aEnglish drama$yEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aTheater$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aEmotions in literature. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a822.3 700 $aEscolme$b Bridget$f1964-$0948747 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910311934203321 996 $aEmotional excess on the Shakespearean stage$92144746 997 $aUNINA