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Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Theatre Italien, 1716-1723 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021) Loot Price: R3,618
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Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Theatre Italien, 1716-1723 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Matthew J. Mcmahan

Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Theatre Italien, 1716-1723 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

Matthew J. Mcmahan

Series: Transnational Theatre Histories

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How do nationalized stereotypes inform the reception and content of the migrant comedian's work? How do performers adapt? What gets lost (and found) in translation? Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Theatre Italien, 1716-1723 explores these questions in an early modern context. When a troupe of commedia dell'arte actors were invited by the French crown to establish a theatre in Paris, they found their transition was anything but easy. They had to learn a new language and adjust to French expectations and demands. This study presents their story as a dynamic model of coping with the challenges of migration, whereby the actors made their transnational identity a central focus of their comedy. Relating their work to popular twenty-first century comedians, this book also discusses the tools and ideas that contextualize the border-crossing comedian's work-including diplomacy, translation, improvisation, and parody-across time.

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Transnational Theatre Histories
Release date: March 2021
First published: 2021
Authors: Matthew J. Mcmahan
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Edition: 1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-070070-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
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LSN: 3-03-070070-4
Barcode: 9783030700706

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