Wit, humor, and Shakespeare.
Subtitle: Twelve essays.
By: By John Weiss.
Publisher: Roberts Brothers
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Humor.; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Table of contents: value: The cause of laughter.; value: Wit, irony, humor.; value: Dogberry, Malvolio, Trolius and Cressida (Ajax), Bottom, Touchstone.; value: Falstaff: his companions, Americanisms.; value: Hamlet.; value: The porter in "Macbeth", the clown in "Twelfth night", the fool in "Lear".; value: Women and men: Maria, Helena, Imogen, Constance.; value: Lord Bacon and the plays, Shakspeare's women, love in Shakspeare.; value: Portia.; value: Helena; Ophelia.; value: Macbeth.; value: Blonde women: Lady Macbeth.