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Shakespeare's Stage Blood and its Critical Significance

1949; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 64; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/459751

1938-1530

Leo Kirschbaum,

Literature: history, themes, analysis

The Elizabethans were familiar with scenes in which stage blood was liberally used. The tradition was old. In Cambises (1560's), “Enter Cruelty and Murder with bloody hands.” They grasp their victim: [Cru.] Even now I strike, his body to wound. Strike him in divers places. Beholde, now his blood springs out on the ground! A little bladder of vineger prickt.