Download or read book Laughing and Weeping in Early Modern Theatres written by Matthew Steggle and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and when did Shakespeare's audiences laugh, and weep, in early modern theatres? And when laughter, or weeping, were represented on that stage-as they are in hundreds of plays from this period-how were they acted out? This book considers laughter and weeping in the theatres of 1550-1642, arguing that both actions have a peculiar importance in defining the early modern theatrical experience.