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.
General
| 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
|
| LSN: |
3-03-070070-4 |
| Barcode: |
9783030700706 |
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