Ian Burrows

Books by Ian Burrows

Shakespeare for Snowflakes

On Slapstick and Sympathy

Drawing on plays by Shakespeare, Sarah Kane, Sophocles, Samuel Beckett, and others, this book examines the ways in which these dramatists manipulated the actor’s body to demand laughter and/or sympathy. Ian Burrows shows how these strategies can be thought about beyond the stage-space: in the cla...
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