The comical scene: Perspective and civility on the Renaissance stage

Womack, Peter (2008) The comical scene: Perspective and civility on the Renaissance stage. Representations, 101 (1). pp. 32-56. ISSN 1533-855X

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Abstract

Neo-Aristotelian "unity" is often represented as a set of rules in restraint of theatrical invention. In Serlio's drawing of the "comical scene," we can see the stage the rules imply, and so imagine "unity," not just as a negation of diversity, but as a positive theatrical form, with its own logic, energy, and politics. This in turn suggests what is at stake when Ben Jonson refuses the "Shakespearean" fluidity of the English theater.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature and Creative Writing (former - to 2011) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Related URLs:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525...
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:55
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2025 08:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8446
DOI:	10.1525/rep.2008.101.1.32

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