'"Now wole I a newe game begynne": staging suffering in King Lear, the mystery plays and Grotius's Christus Patiens.(Articles)(Hugo Grotius)(Critical essay)
From: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
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Date: 1/1/2007
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Author: Groves, Beatrice
THE mystery plays put the Passion at the heart of their drama and their concept of dramaturgy. They did not flinch from staging pain and death, and showed the persecutors of Christ reveling in violence and performing tortures as elaborate games. This article will explore the influence of this attitude to dramatic violence on King Lear through the coincidence of another Passion play that was published in the same year as Shakespeare's play. Hugo Grotius's Christus Patiens is written ...
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