02680nam 2200565Ia 450 991097346310332120251117091716.00-8453-4567-2(CKB)2550000000063110(OCoLC)297277054(CaPaEBR)ebrary10508739(SSID)ssj0000539574(PQKBManifestationID)12188522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539574(PQKBWorkID)10568348(PQKB)10619884(MiAaPQ)EBC3116242(Au-PeEL)EBL3116242(CaPaEBR)ebr10508739(BIP)37126096(BIP)8673255(EXLCZ)99255000000006311020030221d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNo kidding! clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre /Donald McManus1st ed.Newark University of Delaware Press ;London Associated University Pressesc20031 online resource (190 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87413-808-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Towards an Understanding of Clown -- Clown as Focus of Agon in Modernism -- Chasing and Gagging Clown: Early Modernism and the Development of French Mime -- Meyerhold's Transformation from Pierrot to Kapellmeister: The Fairground Booth and Columbine's Scarf -- Clown in Brecht's Theory of Acting: Mann ist Mann as Anti-Tragedy -- Clown in Beckett's Theater: Waiting for Godot. Act Without Words -- Clown in Giorgio Strehler's Theater -- Clown as Proletarian Messiah: Dario Fo -- Clown as Protagonist in the Heartland of Popular Culture -- Conclusion: The Return of the Film Clown -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.This work examines the way the clown has been used as a serious character by important playwrights and directors in twentieth-century theater. Experiments with Clown by Jean Cocteau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Giorgio Strehler, Dario Fo, and Roberto Begnini are examined.European drama20th centuryHistory and criticismClowns in literatureEuropean dramaHistory and criticism.Clowns in literature.809.2/93527913McManus Donald1959-1868313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973463103321No kidding4476180UNINA