"A brain that leads my use of anger": choler and the politics of spatial production
"Do you mock old age, you rogues" : excessive laughter, cruelty and compassion
"Give me excess of it": love, virtue and excessive pleasure in All's well that ends well and Antony and Cleopatra
Stop your sobbing: grief, melancholy and moderation
Conclusion: emotional agendas.
Emotional excess on the Shakespearean stage : passion's slaves by Bridget Escolme. ISBN 9781408179673. Published by Arden Shakespeare in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.