No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre / / Donald McManus

• Autore: McManus Donald <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Newark, : University of Delaware Press; London, : Associated University Presses, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.2/93527913
• Soggetto topico: European drama - 20th century - History and criticism; Clowns in literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: No kidding
• ISBN: 0-8453-4567-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973463103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II