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This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno's character "Cantinflas," and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino during the California farmworker strikes.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: On Laughter, Fools, and Comedy
Chapter Two: Simple, Peladito, and Rasquachi: Topsy-Turvying Identities
Chapter Three: The Verbal and Kinesthetic Language of the Simpleton
Chapter Four: Costumes and Other External Signs
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

By Delia Méndez Montesinos

Summary

This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno’s character “Cantinflas,” and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino during the California farmworker strikes.

Product details

• Authors: Delia Mendez-Montesinos, Delia M. Montesinos, Delia Méndez Montesinos
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780761862789
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6278-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, ART / Performance, DRAMA / European / Spanish & Portuguese, General & world history, Literature & literary studies, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, Performance Art, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Plays, Playscripts, ART / European / General