Jakob Ayrer | Baroque Playwright, Comedian & Poet | Britannica

Jakob Ayrer | Baroque Playwright, Comedian & Poet | Britannica

Jakob Ayrer was a dramatist who incorporated elements of Elizabethan plays (e.g., spectacular stage effects, violent action, histrionic bombast, the stock figure of the clown) into his own plays, particularly his Fastnachtsspiele, the farces performed at Shrovetide (the three days preceding Ash

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