Poverty and Charity in Early Modern Theater and Performance. Robert Henke. Studies in Theatre Histor...
Poverty and Charity in Early Modern Theater and Performance. Robert Henke. Studies in Theatre History and Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2015. xiv + 198 pp. $55
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In chapter 2 (“From Augsburg to Edgar”), Henke explores the possible connections between the Poor Tom character in King Lear and the Continental Beggar Catalogues, reading Edgar's performance of the poor in connection with beggar books such as Thomas Harman's A Caveat for Common Cursetors, John Awdeley's A Fraternity of Vagabonds, Teseo Pini's Spec...
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Poverty and Charity in Early Modern Theater and Performance. Robert Henke. Studies in Theatre History and Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2015. xiv + 198 pp. $55
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0034-4338
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1935-0236
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10.1017/rqx.2021.277
