From the Greek mimes to Marcel Marceau and beyond : mimes, actors, Pierrots, and clowns : a chronicle of the many visages of mime in the theatre / Annette Bercut Lust ; foreword by Marcel Marceau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lust, Annette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mime--History.

Mime.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 352 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Contents:

Introduction: On the Meaning of Mime and Pantomime 1

Major Developments of the Art of Mime in the Occident and Orient 11

Exponents of Twentieth-Century Mime Schools and Movement Styles 15

Part 1 Mime through the Ages 17

1 Mime, First Language and Art: Mime in Greece and Rome 19

2 Mimes and Jongleurs of the Middle Ages 31

3 Origins of the Commedia Dell'Arte and the Theatres de la Foire 37

4 Gaspard Deburau and the Pierrots of the Nineteenth Century 45

5 English Pantomime 49

6 Mime and Movement in German, Russian, and Italian Theatre 53

7 Exit Pierrot. Enter Georges Wague 61

Part 2 Twentieth-Century Mime 65

8 Etienne Decroux, Father of Corporeal Mime 67

9 Jean-Louis Barrault 77

10 Marcel Marceau 83

11 Jacques Lecoq 99

12 Mimes of Twentieth-Century Europe 109

13 Mime and Movement Theatre in North America 163

14 Women's Voices in Mime 237

15 Movement and Silence in Modern and Postmodern Verbal Theatre 261

16 Whither Mime? 277

A Schools and Centers for Movement Training 283

B Archives, Resource Centers, and Artist Directories; Periodicals and Publications; Library and Museum Collections; Pantomime and Mime Scripts and Bookshop Collections; Festivals 289.

Notes:

Filmography: pages [297]-308.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-336) and index.

ISBN:

081083510X

OCLC:

39654630