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Pierrot in Petrograd : the Commedia dell'arte/Balagan in twentieth-century Russian theatre and drama /
Douglas Clayton examines the tradition of commedia dell'arte as the Russian modernists inherited it, from its origins in Italian street theatre through its various transformations: in Italy (Gozzi and Goldini's plays); in France (the development of Pierrot and the restructuring of the plot...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montréal ; Buffalo :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1993.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Douglas Clayton examines the tradition of commedia dell'arte as the Russian modernists inherited it, from its origins in Italian street theatre through its various transformations: in Italy (Gozzi and Goldini's plays); in France (the development of Pierrot and the restructuring of the plot); and in Germany (Tieck's and Hoffmann's metatheatre). He also analyses crucial texts by Gozzi, Lothar, Benavente, and Schnitzler that came to play a central role in the Russian theatre. Tracing the history of commedia dell'arte on the Russian stage, he demonstrates that the introduction of the tradition was theory-driven and discusses several milestone productions in the pre- and post-revolutionary period. Clayton examines the impact of commedia dell'arte, russified as the new theatrical genre of balagan, on both popular and lesser-known Russian playwrights, and, in conclusion, explores the significance of the commedia dell'arte as a theoretical underpinning for Sergei Eisenstein's theories of theatre and film. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-348) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773564411 0773564411 1282856723 9781282856721 9786612856723 6612856726 |