"Timon of Athens, The Absent Mercer, and Nothing Poet: 'To th' dumbness of the gesture/One might interpret.' (1.1.33-34)"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbl2536/
Author:
	Bergeron, David M.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	Medieval and Renaissance Drama In England 35 (2022).
Annotation:
	Identifies crux in which Mercer is named in opening stage direction of Folio text of Timon of Athens but does not have any lines or specified actions. Notes various editorial treatments of Mercer since eighteenth century, with editors usually removing him from or downgrading him in stage directions. Examines Mercer’s textual and editorial status and significance in play and considers how reader responses (including student responses) are altered by Mercer’s editorial treatment.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Timon of Athens
WSB Update:
	Spring 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbl2536