No Kidding!: Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theatre

By Donald Cameron McManus

This work examines the way the clown has been used as a serious character by important playwrights and directors in twentieth-century theater. Experiments with Clown by Jean Cocteau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Giorgio Strehler, Dario Fo, and Roberto Begnini are examined.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874138086
• ISBN13: 9780874138085
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.