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Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

Volume V: Clowns and Clowning

Laurence Senelick, McMahan Matthew (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

566 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-45495-5 (ISBN)

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This is a history of circus clowning in the long nineteenth century, told through original documents. It demonstrates how particular types, acts and stunts originated, were performed and underwent variation over time. The equestrian and acrobatic clown, the august and the eccentric all receive attention. This constitutes a genealogy or “gagography” of clowning, told through eye-witness accounts, memoirs, contemporary reportage and interviews, accompanied by commentary and annotation. The coverage is international, moving beyond the anglophone world via translations from French, German, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese sources. Although it covers the “usual suspects” from Ducrow to Grock, this book introduces the reader to many important and overlooked clowns.

Matthew McMahan is assistant professor of comedic studies at Emerson College, where he teaches the history and theory of comedy. He is the author of Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723 (Palgrave Macmillan), and numerous articles and reviews on vaudeville, clowning, farce, and French theatre Laurence Senelick is Fletcher Professor Emeritus of Drama and Oratory, Tufts University, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For many years he served as an adjudicator of the International Mime & Movement Festival in Philadelphia.

Volume I: The Circus in the United Kingdom; Volume II: Circus, Sideshow, and the Wild West Show in North America - Part I; Volume III: Circus, Sideshow, and the Wild West Show in North America - Part II; Volume IV: The Circus in Australasia, India and Southeast Asia; Volume V: Clowns and Clowning in Circus and the Allied Arts

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.7.2026
Zusatzinfo	56 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-45495-4 / 1032454954
ISBN-13	978-1-032-45495-5 / 9781032454955
Zustand	Neuware