Tag: antonio’s revenge
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Antonio’s Revenge: The Metatheatrical Ghost
In this paper, I argue that throughout Antonio’s Revenge Marston establishes a clear relationship between the appearances of ghostly characters and glaring shifts in his play’s tonal register. Specifically, ghosts – primarily the recurring figure of Andrugio – appear to both signpost and facilitate a gloriously self-aware metatheatrical undercurrent designed to entertain and emotionally unsettle the audience in equal measure.
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3-Minute Reads // Antonio’s Revenge: a peek into Marston’s metatheatrical closet…
For a Senecan-styled tragedy of inordinate bloodshed, things work out remarkably well for the characters who survive John Marston’s 1602 Antonio’s Revenge…
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