Serious play modern clown performance /

• Main Author: Peacock, Louise.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009.
• Subjects: Clowns.; PERFORMING ARTS > Circus.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"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 i...

Table of Contents:

• 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.