Acting funny on the Catalan stage El teatre còmic en Català (1900-2016) / John London and Gabriel Sansano.
| Other author | London, John. |
| Other author | Sansano, Biel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2022] |
| Description | xi, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Parallel title | Teatre còmic en Català |
| Series | Iberian and Latin American studies: the arts, literature, and identity, 1662-1794 ; volume 11 |
| Contents | Studying Catalan theatrical comedy: an introduction / John London and Gabriel Sansano -- Reception and influences. Comic and Catalan?: the Commedia dell'Arte in Catalonia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / David George -- Primera història d'Esther i La corte del rey Assuero [The (first) story of Esther and The court of King Ahasuerus] / Maria Moreno -- Dario Fo a Catalunya: el cas de Mort accidental d'un anarquista [Dario Fo in Catalonia: the case of Accidental death of an anarchist] / Enric Gallén -- Humor i absurd: escenes brossianes [Humour and the absurd: Brossian theatres] / Héctor Mellinas -- Textual strategies. Beyond Carpanta: humour in the plays of Josep Escobar / Rhiannon McGlade -- Comedy in French Catalonia: adventures in mockery and self-mockery / John London -- Strategies for comicality in plays by contemporary Catalan female playwrights / Isabel Marcillas Piquer -- Acting humour. Joaquim Montero i Delgado, trànsits i cruïlles [Joaquim Montero i Delgado: passages and intersections] / Núria Santamaria -- Power, politics and comic theatre: political satire as dissidence in La torna and Ubú president by Els Joglars / Simon Breden -- La influència de la pedagogia de Jacques Lecoq dins l'escena còmica catalana contemporània: la dramatúrgia de l'actor de Sergi López i Toni Albà [The pedagogical influence of Jacques Lecoq on the contemporary Catalan stage: the acting dramaturgy of Sergi López and Toni Albà] / Martí B. Fons Sastre -- Xavi Castillo i Pot de Plom: entre la transgressió i la sàtira política (1985-2015) [Xavi Castillo and Pot de Plom: between transgression and political satire (1985-2015)] / Gabriel Sansano. |
| Abstract | "Comedy has always had a constant presence in the history of Catalan theatre, but it has never really been recognized as a separate generic identity, worthy of academic study as a whole. This volume is the first concentrated attempt to analyse Catalan theatre under the comic lens, with essays in English and Catalan. It studies comic form, performative innovations and socio-political function. As well as providing detailed analysis of figures excluded from standard accounts, it makes a strong case for the originality of many authors, directors and actors. This is definitely another realm in which the Catalan contribution to European culture needs to be acknowledged and appreciated. Moreover, the book provides a rare instance when theatre is considered - within the same project - from several regions where Catalan is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencia region and different towns in French Catalonia"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Text in English and Catalan. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022013830 |
| ISBN | 9781787073227 (softcover) |
| ISBN | (epdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |