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No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre
- Title
- No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre / Donald McManus.
- Author
- McManus, Donald Cameron, 1959-
- Publication
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c2003.
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- Description
- 190 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.
- Contents
- 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, Endgame, 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.
- Call Number
- MWET 03-4077
- ISBN
- 0874138086 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003004112
- OCLC
- 51810618
- Author
- McManus, Donald Cameron, 1959-
- Title
- No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theatre / Donald McManus.
- Imprint
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWET 03-4077