02827oam 2200697I 450 991095741510332120251116193005.01-136-41220-40-415-25830-81-315-01305-31-136-41213-110.4324/9781315013053(CKB)2550000001131130(EBL)1474440(OCoLC)870591174(SSID)ssj0001037632(PQKBManifestationID)12424305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037632(PQKBWorkID)11047379(PQKB)10076515(MiAaPQ)EBC1474440(Au-PeEL)EBL1474440(CaPaEBR)ebr10786588(CaONFJC)MIL530839(OCoLC)861199742(OCoLC)1160528186(FINmELB)ELB135896(EXLCZ)99255000000113113020180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPopular theatre a sourcebook /edited by Joel Schechter1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (296 p.)Worlds of performanceWorlds of performanceDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-25829-4 1-299-99588-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 puppetryWorlds of PerformanceTheaterTheater and societyTheater.Theater and society.79224.13bclSchechter Joel1947-1881775MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957415103321Popular theatre4496590UNINA