Nizar Zouidi
University of
Manouba, Tunisia
Abstract
It is quite common to consider Robin Goodfellow the jester of fairy king
Oberon, a trickster. His tricks, however, are in no way common. He plays tricks
on time and space. There is an abundance of words that belong to the semantic
field of time and place in the play. The majority of these words are uttered by
Theseus, the Duke of Athens. Un-playful as he might appear to be, the Athenian
Duke guarantees the success of Puck’s tricks. The fairy and the Duke seem to be
playing similar roles. In this article, we attempt to challenge the tradition
that casts the actor playing Theseus in no other role than that of Oberon. We
will endeavour to show that Theseus and Robin are the
parallels that never meet.
Keywords: Doubling, trickery, time, parallels, performance
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