There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles.
| ISBN: | 9780838756805 |
| Publication date: | 30th December 2007 |
| Author: | David Ellis |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press an imprint of Associated University Presses |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies |
There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles.
Shakespeare's Practical Jokes features in the following genres: Theatre studies
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Shakespeare's Practical Jokes was written by David Ellis and published by Bucknell University Press an imprint of Associated University Presses
Shakespeare's Practical Jokes has 236 pages