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200 10$aNo kidding! $eclown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre /$fDonald McManus
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aNewark $cUniversity of Delaware Press ;$aLondon $cAssociated University Presses$dc2003
215   $a1 online resource (190 p.) 
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311 08$a0-87413-808-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.
327   $aIntro -- 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.
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aEuropean drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aClowns in literature
615  0$aEuropean drama$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aClowns in literature.
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