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- catalog abstract ""No Kidding! Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theater examines the way clown was transformed into a serious character in twentieth-century theater. Modernist theater practitioners recognized that clown's approach to performance is profoundly different from other modes of theatrical representation. The paradox of clown, a traditionally marginal, comic character thrust into center stage as the focus of the agon, provided a stimulating new way to renovate tragedy. Experiments with clown by Jean Cocteau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Giorgio Strehler, Dario Fo, and Roberto Benigni are examined as a means of exploring how and why clown became, in contemporary theater and film, a character from whom audiences expect philosophizing, angst, or political criticism as much as physical comedy and fractured language."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theater".
- catalog contributor b12889083.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""No Kidding! Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theater examines the way clown was transformed into a serious character in twentieth-century theater. Modernist theater practitioners recognized that clown's approach to performance is profoundly different from other modes of theatrical representation. The paradox of clown, a traditionally marginal, comic character thrust into center stage as the focus of the agon, provided a stimulating new way to renovate tragedy. Experiments with clown by Jean Cocteau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Giorgio Strehler, Dario Fo, and Roberto Benigni are examined as a means of exploring how and why clown became, in contemporary theater and film, a character from whom audiences expect philosophizing, angst, or political criticism as much as physical comedy and fractured language."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "190 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "No kidding!".
- catalog identifier "0874138086 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "No kidding!".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "No kidding!".
- catalog subject "809.2/93527913 21".
- catalog subject "Clowns in literature.".
- catalog subject "European drama 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN1650.C59 M38 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theater".
- catalog title "No kidding! : clown as protagonist in twentieth-century theater / Donald McManus.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".