“O worthy fool: motley's the only wear”: os atores cômicos do palco shakespeariano

Authors

  • Erika de Freitas Coachman CAp-UFRJ

Abstract

Nos primeiros anos da carreira de Shakespeare, não era a fama do Bardo que atraía multidões para o teatro, mas sim a de seus atores cômicos. Este estudo debruça-se sobre as características de dois deles: Will Kemp e Robert Armin, analisando alguns dos principais aspectos de suas performances cômicas.

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Author Biography

Erika de Freitas Coachman, CAp-UFRJ

Professora de inglês do Colégio de Aplicação da UFRJ, Doutora em Linguística Aplicada pela UFRJ.

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Published

2021-05-24

How to Cite

Coachman, E. de F. (2021). “O worthy fool: motley’s the only wear”: os atores cômicos do palco shakespeariano. Cadernos De Pós-Graduação Em Letras, 21(1), 184–196. Retrieved from http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/cpgl/article/view/12798