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

Author/creator Jackson, Kenneth S., 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware Press, ©2005.
Description309 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-302) and index.
LCCN 2004016466
ISBN0874138906 (alk. paper)

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