Serious Play

Modern Clown Performance

Louise Peacock

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Intellect Books
15 July 2009

Circus

Slapstick comedy is the primary mode of performance for clowns, and in Serious Play, drama scholar Louise Peacock explores the evolution over the past fifty years of this unique brand of physical comedy. Though an analysis of clowning in a range of settings—theaters, circuses, hospitals, refugee camps, and churches—Peacock offers a framework for the evaluation of clowning, and she examines the therapeutic potential of the comedic performance. This is the first book to consider clowning venues and styles in light of play theory, including comparisons of traditional clown comedy and contemporary circuses like Cirque du Soleil. A distinctive study, Serious Play also provides authoritative definitions of clowns and clown performance styles that establishes a critical vocabulary for clowning performance.

By: Louise Peacock
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9781841502410
ISBN 10: 1841502413
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 July 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction - 'Play: Serious and Frivolous' - Page 9 - Louise Peacock Chapter 1: 'Clowns and Clown Play' - Page 19 - Louise Peacock Chapter 2: 'The Development of the Circus Clown: Frame and Content' - Page 41 - Louise Peacock Chapter 3: 'Clowns on Stage' - Page 65 - Louise Peacock Chapter 4: 'Clowns who Act: Actors who Clown' - Page 87 - Louise Peacock Chapter 5: 'The Truth Tellers: Clowns in Religion and Politics' - Page 107 - Louise Peacock Chapter 6: 'Clown Healers' - Page 127 - Louise Peacock Conclusion: 'The Centrality of Play in Clowning' - Page 153 - Louise Peacock

Louise Peacock is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Hull, where she also received her MA, MSc and Ph.D.