Serious Play
Modern Clown Performance
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 therapeutic potential of clowning in clown doctor organisa…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84150-330-1
- EAN: 9781841503301
- Produktnummer: 20511981
- Verlag: Intellect Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 186 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'747 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Louise Peacock is a lecturer in drama at the University of Hull.
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