Paul's", 1982), Roslyn Knutsoni "Shakespeare'i teatri repertuaar" ("The Repertory of Shakespeare's Company", 1991), Scott McMillini and Sally-Beth MacLeani "Kuninganna mehed ja nende näidendid" ("The Queen's Men and their Plays", 1998), Mary Bly' "Kummalised neitsid ja süütud kuningannad" ("Queer Virgins and Virgin Queans on the Early Modern Stage", 2000), Andrew Gurri "Shakespeare'i teater" ("The Shakespeare Company", 2004) ja Lucy Munro "Kuninganna lapsed" ("Children of the Queen's Revels", 2005). Eestoodud autorite teosed ongi antud artikli peamiseks analüüsiobjektiks (Rutter, 2008: 226). Autor kirjutab, et repertuaariuuringud said hoo sisse alates REEDi tekkest (Records of Early English Drama) ning toob algatuseks välja kaks laiemat kriitikasuunda, mis on mõjutanud repertuaariuuringuid. Esimene on seotud Dulwichi ülikooli arhiivist leitud Philip Henslowe materjalidega. Knutson arutleb, et mitmed uurijad, alustades nt F. G. Fleay'st on Henslowe'
But what we do determine oft we break. Purpose is but the slave to memory, Of violent birth, but poor validity; Which now, like fruit unripe, sticks on the tree; But fall, unshaken, when they mellow be. Most necessary 'tis that we forget To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt: What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. The violence of either grief or joy Their own enactures with themselves destroy: Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament; Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident. This world is not for aye, nor 'tis not strange 101 That even our loves should with our fortunes change; For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love. The great man down, you mark his favourite flies; The poor advanced makes friends of enemies. And hitherto doth love on fortune tend;
the ritual line-up to relieve the emotional intensity of the tearful tragedies with some cathartic laughter for contrast. Comedy belongs to the "plerosis" or filling up portion of the ritual cycle. Once emptying and purging have been fully experienced, it's time to fill up again with some thing healthy, tasty, and life-affirming that stimulates Invigoration and Jubilation. T h e word comedy comes from "komos" which means "the revels," a wild party or orgy. Rituals of Invigoration in very ancient times involved a big feast in which eating, drinking, and all kinds of merriment were encouraged, to make a vivid contrast with the somber tone of the Mortification and Purgation rituals that preceded it. One aspect of comedy is the stirring up of sexual urges. Greek comedy often dealt with power struggles between men and women and celebrated sexuality with exaggerated costumes and situations