Documents ch02

©1976, John Towsen — Chapter Two — The Clown to the Stage “And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them,” admonished Hamlet in his…

Documents ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanes (445-386) By his time, the comic theater is already in an independent...

ARISTOPHANES Aristophanes (445-386) By his time, the comic theater is already in an independent institution yet still very close to its origins Aristophanesâ laughter bears…