Title: Laughter, pain, and wonder : Shakespeare's comedies and the audience in the theater /
Authors: Richman, David, 1951-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Shakespeare, William,; Shakespeare, William, Stage history; Shakespeare, William, Dramatic production.; Theater audiences.; Comic, The.
Abstract: This work's chief aim is to restore to readers, performers, and audiences the richness and vitality of Shakespeare's comedies. Richman explores the way in which a reader's relations to Shakespeare's literary texts differ from those of the relations between performers of Shakespeare's works and their audiences. Richman also examines the forms of humor and empathy that Shakespeare's comedies elicit.
Contents: Laughter -- Pain -- Wonder -- Moods -- Endings.