Mad-cap

Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-houſe vvith you preſently; […]

VVhy vvhat a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here?

There vvas then in preſence, a certaine old Knight, called Sir Hugh Linne, a good ſouldier, but a very mad-cap, & one that liued chiefely vpon the liberalitie of noble men; […]

Bel[lamont]. […] [W]hat place is this? / May[bery]. Bedlam iſt not? / Bel. VVhere theſe mad-men are, I neuer vvas amongſt them, as you loue me Gentlemen, lets ſee vvhat Greekes are vvithin. / […] / Bell. Pray beſtovv your name ſir vpon vs. / Full. My name is Full-moone. / Bell. You vvell deſerue this office good maiſter Full-moone: and vvhat mad-caps haue you in your houſe.

Lord, that ſuch a Mad-Cap as I ſhould ever live to be jealous!

[H]is mad-cap follies, / VVhich ſtill like Hydras heads grovv thicker on him.

[T]hose fairy times when I was a mad-cap boy, crowding every enjoyment into the present moment; […]

With this shift in both what shows are being made, and in what viewers desire, the genre hearteningly appears to be reverting to its roots of being an entertainment spectacular, giving the space for novelty and mad-cap amusement that's presented in a warm and humorous way. After a discordant patch, it's in tune again – even if some auditionees, as ever, are not.