Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook (Worlds of Performance)
ISBN-13:
9780415258296
ISBN-10:
0415258294
Edition:
1
Author:
Joel Schechter
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Hardcover
296 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780415258296
ISBN-10:
0415258294
Edition:
1
Author:
Joel Schechter
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Hardcover
296 pages
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Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook (Worlds of Performance) (ISBN-13: 9780415258296 and ISBN-10: 0415258294), written by authors
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Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun. These were a few of the directors who turned to popular theatre forms in the last century, and this sourcebook accounts for their attraction.Popular theatre forms introduced in this sourcebook include cabaret, circus, puppetry, vaudeville, Indian jatra, political satire, and physical comedy. These entertainments are highly visual, itinerant, and readily understood by audiences. Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook follows them around the world, from the bunraku puppetry of Japan to the masked topeng theatre of Bali to South African political satire, the San Francisco Mime Troupe's comic melodramas, and a 'Fun Palace' proposed for London.The book features essays from the archives of The Drama Review and other research. Contributions by Roland Barthes, Hovey Burgess, Marvin Carlson, John Emigh, Dario Fo, Ron Jenkins, Joan Littlewood, Brooks McNamara, Richard Schechner, and others, offer some of the most important, informative, and lively writing available on popular theatre. Introducing both Western and non-Western popular theatre practices, the sourcebook provides access to theatrical forms which have delighted audiences and attracted stage artists around the world.
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