Lear may allude to this mode when he
comments on the scantiness of Goneril
and Regan's attire.
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:44:53 +0000
Dorothy Anne Stephens
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> If Inigo Jones' drawings are any
>indication, aristocratic women
>sometimes appeared in masques with
>their breasts showing—or in costumes
>so transparent that their nipples
>showed through.
>
> Dot
>
>From: Hannibal Hamlin
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> Subject: Re: nudity in drama
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> I've heard about this lecture, which
>I gather he gave many times. It
>completely changed my impression of
>Wilson Knight. I think I also heard
>that the loin-cloth was a late
>concession, and earlier performances
>went the full Monty.
>
> Hannibal
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:22 PM,
>Charlie Butler
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>wrote:
> Timon leaves Athens with the
>imprecation, "Nothing I'll bear from
>thee,/
> But nakedness, thou detestable
>town!", before scuttling to his cave.
>It's not clear quite how literal he's
>being about this, although when G.
>Wilson Knight gave a guest lecture on
>Timon at my college in the early
>1980s (being then his eighties
>himself) he stripped down to a
>loin-cloth to illustrate the point.
>
> Charlie
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