"The Severed Head on Stage"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm308/
Author:
	Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	Conti, Theatre and the Macabre, 145–59.
:
	Conti, Theatre and the Macabre
Annotation:
	Considers representations of severed heads in drama, particularly in plays showing decapitations and subsequent reveal of severed head. Explores presentation of skulls as representative of severed heads, as in case of Yorick's skull in Hamlet. Argues severed head becomes "embodiment of the power of authority figures (not just the state) to destroy the enemy."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Conti, Meredith
Tags:
	Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Summer 2024
WSB Record Number:
	bbbm308