Screen LibraryDario Fo : people's court jester /
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Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 1999. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Updated and expanded. |
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| Item Description: | This edition originally published in print: 1999. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 506 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780413733207 0413733203 |
| CLC: | J80-05 |
| Call Number: | J80-05/M682/upd&exp ed. |
| Contents: | Cover; Contents; Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE THEATRE OF DARIO FO AND FRANCA RAME; CHAPTER 1. MISTERO BUFFO AND THE GIULLARATE; Popular culture, the giullari and the grotesque; Recovering 'illegitimate' forms of theatre -- the giullari; Language as burlesque -- grammelot; Addressing the audience -- prologues, interludes and asides; The texts in performance; The TV performances; A Chinese Mistero buffo: Tale of a Tiger; Obscene Fables; Mistero buffo and its legacies; CHAPTER 2. BIOGRAPHY AND OUTPUT 1951-1967; Early influences; Radio origins; Revue and avanspettacolo |