Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its v

In this volume, 8 lively, original essays by eminent scholars trace the kaleidoscopically shifting dramatic forms, performance contexts, and social implications

For both producers and consumers of theatre in the early modern era, art was viewed as a social rather than an individual activity. Emerging in the context of n

Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effe

Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its v