From the Greek mimes to Marcel Marceau and beyond
Subtitle: mimes, actors, Pierrots, and clowns : a chronicle of the many visages of mime in the theatre
By: Annette Lust ; foreword by Marcel Marceau.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780810845930
Subjects: Mime -- History.
Notes: "Adapted from the author's dissertation, 'The art of mime, ' completed for a Doctorat de l'Universite in 1950 from the University of Paris"--T.p. verso.

Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-336), filmography (p. [297]-308), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : on the meaning of mime and pantomime; title: Major developments of the art of mime in the Occident and Orient; title: Exponents of twentieth-century mime schools and movement styles; title: Mime, first language and art : mime in Greece and Rome; title: Mimes and jongleurs of the Middle Ages; title: Origins of the commedia dell'arte and the théâtres de la foire; title: Gaspard Deburau and the Pierrots of the nineteenth century; title: English pantomime; title: Mime and movement in German, Russian, and Italian theatre; title: Exit Pierrot, enter Georges Wague; title: Etienne Decroux, father of corporeal mime; title: Jean-Louis Barrault; title: Marcel Marceau; title: Jacques Lecoq; title: Mimes of twentieth-century Europe; title: Mime and movement theatre in North America; title: Women's voices in mime; title: Movement and silence in modern and postmodern verbal theatre; title: Whither mime?; title: Appendixes. A : Schools and centers for movement training ; B : Archives, resource centers, and artist directories; periodicals and publications; library and museum collections; pantomime and mime scripts and bookshop collections; festivals. C. Filmography.