No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre / / Donald McManus
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| Autore: |
McManus Donald <1959->
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| Titolo: |
No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre / / Donald McManus
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | No kidding |
| ISBN: | 0-8453-4567-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813491603321 |
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