TY - JOUR
T1 - Will Kemp, Thomas Sacheville and Pickelhering
T2 - A consanguinity and confluence of three early modern clown personas
AU - Alexander, John
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Pickelhering was the most popular stage clown on the seventeenth-century German stage, yet his origins are shrouded in mystery and controversy. On the basis of a careful analysis of this persona, as represented in the first major collections of the English Players from 1620 and 1630, with what is known about two heralded English actors from the 1590s, i.e. Shakespeare's clown, Will Kemp, and his counterpart on the Continent, the linguistically talented Thomas Sacheville, I will present strong circumstantial evidence that both actors, in particular Kemp, may be regarded as comic prototypes for the English Pickelhering.
AB - Pickelhering was the most popular stage clown on the seventeenth-century German stage, yet his origins are shrouded in mystery and controversy. On the basis of a careful analysis of this persona, as represented in the first major collections of the English Players from 1620 and 1630, with what is known about two heralded English actors from the 1590s, i.e. Shakespeare's clown, Will Kemp, and his counterpart on the Continent, the linguistically talented Thomas Sacheville, I will present strong circumstantial evidence that both actors, in particular Kemp, may be regarded as comic prototypes for the English Pickelhering.
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U2 - 10.1163/18796583-90001034
DO - 10.1163/18796583-90001034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61249467029
SN - 0300-693X
VL - 36
SP - 463
EP - 485
JO - Daphnis
JF - Daphnis
IS - 3-4
ER -