Pierrots on the Stage of Desire - Nineteenth-Century French Literary Artists and the Comic Pantomime

Informationen zum Autor Robert F. Storey Klappentext This book, a companion to the author's Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask (Princeton, 1978), provides a detailed history of nineteenth-century French pantomime, from the feeries of Jean-Gaspard Deburau at the Theatre des Funambules to the cabaret entertainments of Georges Wague at the height of la Belle Epoque.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung This book, a companion to the author's Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask (Princeton, 1978), provides a detailed history of nineteenth-century French pantomime, from the feeries of Jean-Gaspard Deburau at the Theatre des Funambules to the cabaret entertainments of Georges Wague at the height of la Belle Epoque. Originally published in 1985. Th

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• Authors: Robert Storey, Robert F. Storey
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780691639789
• ISBN: 978-0-691-63978-9
• No. of pages: 410
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; History, HISTORY / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Miming, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Other performing arts