Author

Publication

2012 - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

57,250 words, Guess

Page Count

229 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780230291591
  • ISBN-100230291597
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011047514
  • OCLC Control Number765485203
  • Better World Books9780230291591
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC809.2/9351
  • LCCPN56.5.F64 P74 2012
  • LCCPN2000-PN3307PN1560-

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The fool in European theatre: stages of follyPalgrave Macmillan2012-01-01

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