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

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 Promotions
LSN:	3-03-070070-4
Barcode:	9783030700706

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