The Fool in European Theatre

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Stages of Folly

ISBN: 0230291597
ISBN 13: 9780230291591
Autor: Prentki, T
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: vii, 229 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Discusses broad historical range of plays and makes important new connections across diverse figures and historical periodsArgues that contemporary theatre workers in Applied Theatre have inherited the figure of the ‚Fool‘ in their unique position between stage and audienceAuthor well-known for work in Applied TheatreApplied Theatre continues to be a big growth area Offers new ways of understanding key Shakespeare plays/characters (Hamlet, Falstaff, Lear, Richard III)

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Beschreibung

Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Büchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh.

Autorenporträt

TIM PRENTKI Professor of Theatre for Development at the University of Winchester, UK. He is a member of the editorial board of Research in Drama Education and has written for applied theatre journals across the world. He is co-author of Popular Theatre in Political Culture and co-editor of The Applied Theatre Reader.

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