Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723
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9783030700706
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 Théâtre 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.
| Autor: | McMahan, Matthew J. |
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| EAN: | 9783030700706 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 264 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan Springer, Berlin Springer International Publishing |
| Schlagworte: | Comédie-Italienne Humor/Comedy Commedia dell'arte Performance |
| Größe: | 210 × 148 × 20 |
