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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 13:42:11 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: choric epilogues Dear all, The Epilogue of Richard Brome's THE COURT-BEGGER (1640) is delivered by no fewer than six characters, with the rest of them standing mutely on stage eyeballing the audience. Am I right in thinking that this is very unusual? Or are there other parallels for this sort of choric epilogue? More generally, it raises the whole question of the evolution of "curtain calls" as they would be called today. (For instance, was the Epilogue of a play normally delivered with the rest of the cast on stage as well as the speaker?) Any thoughts or suggestions welcome. All the best, Matt Steggle University of Oxford.