“All shadow and silence in it” (3.1.247-48): Reticence in Measure for Measure by Denis Lagae-Devoldere

“…It seems that most critics have failed to notice that the silence at the close of the play is actually made palpable throughout the course of the dramatic action: the silence(s) surrounding the “open” ending makes manifest what has been hinted at and toyed with. …”
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‘Woman Suffrage Precipice’: The Gender Politics of Laughter in Elizabeth Robins’s The Convert (1907) by Nathalie Saudo-Welby

“…Her novel The Convert, in which laughter is explicitly linked to performance and action, is stimulating material for an investigation of the part played by humour in women’s empowerment. …”
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Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Domestics, numerous in comedies, include rakish valets and loose chambermaids. …”
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