Separate theaters : Bethlem ("Bedlam") Hospital and the Shakespearean stage

Separate theaters : Bethlem ("Bedlam") Hospital and the Shakespearean stage / Ken Jackson.

Author/creator	Jackson, Kenneth S., 1965-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2005.
Description	309 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters --Mentally ill. Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)--In literature. Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)--History. English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 --History and criticism. Mental illness in literature. Literature and mental illness--England --History --16th century. Literature and mental illness--England --History --17th century. English drama--17th century --History and criticism. Psychiatric hospital patients in literature. Mentally ill in literature.

Contents	A "pastime" that can "prompt us to have mercy" : putting Malvolio (Ben Jonson?) in a dark room -- "'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" : poetaster, satiromastix--and Shakespeare's defense of the popular stage in Hamlet -- "A very piteous sight" : the magnificent entertainment, The honest whore, part one, The honest whore, part two -- Making Bethlem a "jest" and conceding to Jonson in Westward ho, eastward ho, and northward ho -- "I know not/where I did lodge last night?" : Shakespeare's King Lear and the search for Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital -- "Twin" shows of madness : John Webster's stage management of Bethlem in The duchess of Malfi -- "Shadows and shows of charity" : The changeling, The pilgrim, and the Protestant critique of Catholic good works -- "Foucault was right?".
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-302) and index.
LCCN	2004016466
ISBN	0874138906 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR658.M5 J33 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold