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Serious play : modern clown performance / Louise Peacock.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Available from 2009 until 2009. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peacock, Louise.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clowns.
- Circus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Clowns' slapstick is their primary mode of performance and allows them to provoke audiences to laughter wherever they perform. This innovative book, focussing on contemporary practice in the USA and Europe over the last 50 years, investigates the nature and function of clown performance in modern society. Through analysis of clowning in a range of settings - theatre, the circus, hospitals, refugee camps and churches - Peacock establishes a theoretical framework for the evaluation of physical comedy.Peacock explores clowning that takes place outside of conventional venues, and also the therapeu
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Play: Serious and Frivolous; Chapter 1 - Clowns and Clown Play; Chapter 2 - The Development of the Circus Clown: Frame and Content; Chapter 3 - Clowns on Stage; Chapter 4 - Clowns who Act: Actors who Clown; Chapter 5 - The Truth Tellers: Clowns in Religion and Politics; Chapter 6 - Clown Healers; Conclusion: The Centrality of Play in Clowning; Clown Index; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84150-330-4
- OCLC:
- 435535838
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