The feasting table as the gateway to hell on the early modern stage and page

• Published in: Renaissance studies Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 392 - 411
• Main Author: Seymour, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Artistic representation (Imitation); Early modern period; Meals; Prayer; Religion; Renaissance drama; Renaissance period; stage devils; Theater history

When banquets are performed on the early modern stage, devils can be seen beside the eaters. This is notably the case when grace has not been said properly before the meal. This article focuses on a group of four texts: Thomas Dekker's If This Be Not a Good Play, The Devil Is In It (1611), Thom...