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Popular Performance (Hardcover)
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Popular Performance (Hardcover)
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There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly
rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience
directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause or
heckling. Performer and role are interlaced, so that we are left
uncertain about just how the persona we see onstage might relate to
the private person who presents it to us. Popular Performance
defines and surveys varieties of performance where the main purpose
is to entertain, and where there is no shame in being trivial,
frivolous or nonsensical as long as people go home happy at the end
of the show. Contributions by new and established scholars focus
particularly on how it is made, explaining the techniques of
performance and production that make it so appealing to audiences.
With sections examining how popular performance works in a range of
historical and contemporary examples, readers will gain insights
into: * performance forms associated with the variety tradition:
music hall, vaudeville, cabaret, variety * performance forms
associated with circus: wild west shows, clowning * issues relating
to the identity of the performer in relation to magic, burlesque,
pantomime in contemporary performance * issues relating to venue
and audience in relation to contemporary street theatre, stand-up,
and live sketch comedy.
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