Author McMahan, Matthew J. Additional authorUnknown Publisher Springer International Publishing (Cham, Switzerland , 2021) Language(eng) English ISBN9783030700713 SeriesTransnational theatre histories Edition1st ed. SubjectTHEATER AND SOCIETY; NoteUnknown AbstractHow do nationalized stereotypes inform the reception and content of the migrant comedian’s work? How do performers adapt? What gets lost (and found) in translation? Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716-1723 explores these questions in an Early Modern context. When a troupe of commedia dell’arte actors were invited by the French crown to establish a theatre in Paris, they found their transition was anything but easy. They had to learn a new language and adjust to French expectations and demands. This study presents their story as a dynamic model of coping with the challenges of migration, whereby the actors made their transnational identity a central focus of their comedy. Relating their work to popular twenty-first century comedians, this book also discusses the tools and ideas that contextualize the border-crossing comedian’s work—including diplomacy, translation, improvisation, and parody

Number of pages1 online resource (xv, 264 p.) DimensionUnknown Other descriptionill.