Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723 - Transnational Theatre Histories

How do nationalized stereotypes inform the reception and content of the migrant comedian's work? How do performers adapt? What gets lost (and found) in translation? Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723 explores these questions in an early modern context. When a troupe of commedia dell'arte actors were invited by the French crown to establish a theatre in Paris, they found their transition was anything but easy. They had to learn a new language and adjust to French expectations and demands. This study presents their story as a dynamic model of coping with the challenges of migration, whereby the actors made their transnational identity a central focus of their comedy. Relating their work to popular twenty-first century comedians, this book also discusses the tools and ideas that contextualize the border-crossing comedian's work-including diplomacy, translation, improvisation, and parody-across time.

ISBN:	9783030700737
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Published date:	01 Apr 2022
DEWEY:	792.0895104436109033
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	264
Weight:	369g
Height:	210mm
Width:	148mm
Spine width:	15mm

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