Send in the Clowns presents interviews with 24 pioneering humanitarian and activist clowns and thought leaders working i......more
Send in the Clowns presents interviews with 24 pioneering humanitarian and activist clowns and thought leaders working i......more
In this series of essays, Thomas Leabhart presents a thorough overview and analysis of the roots of Etienne Decroux’s ar......more
Jean-Gaspard Deburau analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des......more
This book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence on the Early Modern stage and in the Early Modern world......more
The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre--one of the most distinctive ......more
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scho......more
This is the first book to investigate the social, political, cultural, artistic and economic forces which created condit......more
This is the first book to investigate the social, political, cultural, artistic and economic forces which created condit......more
Commedia dell’Arte, its Structure and Tradition chronicles a series of discussions between two renowned experts in comme......more
This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambul......more
In this series of essays, Thomas Leabhart presents a thorough overview and analysis of Etienne Decroux’s artistic geneal......more
Theatre and the Virtual lays out a set of conceptual instruments for the articulation and engendering of the forces of t......more
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scho......more
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The Performative Power of Vocality offers a fresh perspective on voice as a subject of critical inquiry by employing an ......more
Commedia dell’Arte, its Structure and Tradition chronicles a series of discussions between two renowned experts in comme......more
The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and......more
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Volume III - Worldwide Fools shows the Amsterdam Fools working in every inhabited continent (including the Southern Hemi......more
"Volume II - Fools International" shows how the Fools expanded beyond the Dutch borders throughout Europe to the Mediter......more
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Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and pa......more
In the fall of 1723, two London theaters staged, almost simultaneously, pantomime performances of the Faust story. Unlik......more
Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into......more
Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in whi......more
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Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in whi......more
An Englishman, a Northern Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a recording studio and created The Union. Comm......more
One of the most comprehensive handbooks available on Kabuki theatre. Text describes the theater’s development in the con......more
A step-by-step award-winning collection of Pantomimery moves for adults. Acclaimed most sea-travelled and modern pantomi......more
This excursion into the enchanted comic world of Charlie Chaplin will appeal not just to Chaplin fans but to anyone who ......more
One of the few studies covering the historical flow of mime from its beginnings to postmodern movement theatre, this boo......more
Whether you’re a seasoned pro, an ambitious beginner, a theater student, an occasional dabbler, or just an unlucky club ......more
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French mime performer Claude Kipnis, who trained under the great Marcel Marceau for three years, reveals the mechanisms ......more
How do conscious experience, subjectivity, and free will arise from the brain and the body? Even in the late 20th centur......more