The fool in European theatre
Subtitle: stages of folly
By: Tim Prentki
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780230291591
Subjects: Folly in literature; Theater; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; Fools and jesters in literature; PERFORMING ARTS / General
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Fooling with gods and men; title: Fooling with carnival and lent; title: Fooling with Falstaff; title: Fooling with love; title: Fooling with royalty; title: Fooling with reason; title: Fooling with intervention; title: Fooling with revolution; title: Fooling with existence; title: Fooling with applications.