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You could try Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle. It certainly satirises at acting traditions, mercantile pretentions and the acting profession itself. Tony Dr Tony Corbett Department of English University College Cork Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: PJW Marty <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 10 June 2001 15:43 Subject: Mocking performances > I'm searching for performances for or by the upper classes that mocked the > lower classes, especially satirical imitations of performance forms or > festive traditions. I'm specifically interested in Elizabethan incidents, > but would welcome any fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century examples from > England or France. Any suggestions? > Thanks, > Paulette Marty > University of Wisconsin-Madison >