Popular theatre : a sourcebook / / edited by Joel Schechter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790650803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-136-41220-4; 0-415-25830-8; 1-315-01305-3; 1-136-41213-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: Worlds of performance
• Classificazione: 24.13
• Altri autori (Persone): SchechterJoel <1947->
• Disciplina: 792
• Soggetti: Theater; Theater and society
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. What is popular theatre? -- part II. Puppets from Bread and Puppet Theatre to Bunraku and Broadway -- part III. Masks : commedia dell'arte and topeng -- part Ivolume Circus, clowns and jesters -- part volume Cabaret, vaudeville and the Fun Palace -- part VI. Political theatre as popular entertainment.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun. These were a few of the directors who turned to popular theatre forms in the last century, and this sourcebook accounts for their attraction.<BR>Popular theatre forms introduced in this sourcebook include cabaret, circus, puppetry, vaudeville, Indian jatra, political satire, and physical comedy. These entertainments are highly visual, itinerant, and readily understood by audiences. <EM>Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook</EM> follows them around the world, from the bunraku puppetry