Staged Normality in Shakespeare's England

This book looks at the staging and performance of normality in early modern drama. Analysingconventions and rules, habitual practices, common things and objects, and mundane sights andexperiences,this volumeforegrounds a staged normality that has been heretofore unseen, ignored, or taken for granted. It draws together leading and emerging scholarsof early modern theatre and cultureto debate the meaning of normality in an early modern context and to discuss how it might transfer to the stage. In doing so, these original criticalessaysunsettle and challenge scholarly assumptions about how normality is represented in the performance space. The volume, which responds to studies of the everyday and the material turn in cultural history, as well as to broader philosophical engagements with the idea of normality and its opposites, brings to light the essential role that normality plays in the composition and performance of early modern drama. This book was preceded by a companion collection,Staged Transgression in Shakespeare's England, published in 2013: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137349354