"Notes Towards an Analysis of Early Modern Applause" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc356/ Author: Steggle, Matthew. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England, 118–37. : Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England Annotation: Draws on metaphors in All's Well That Ends Well, Henry VIII, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Tempest to "consider . . . the theoretical difficulties posed by applause in general both today and in Shakespeare's England, and . . . advance two specific historicizing claims about early modern audience applause: one to do with its loudness, the other to do with the frequency of its occurrence." Language: English Persons: Craik, Katharine A.; Pollard, Tanya Keywords: applause Tags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, Henry VIII, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Audience, The Tempest WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc356