Interruptions in Early Modern English Drama

• Published in: Early modern literary studies Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Author: Lovascio, Domenico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sheffield Matthew Steggle, Editor, EMLS 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Audiences; Cross-dressers; Dramatists; Dramaturges; Dramaturgy; Early Modern English; English literature; Interruptions; Jonson, Ben (1573-1637); Literary characters; Males; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Songs; Women

Early modern plays are no exception to this pattern, but to my knowledge there exists no study attempting a sustained investigation of the significance of interruptions as a form within late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth-century English drama. [...]I will limit myself to presenting readers with a...