Pierrot in Petrograd : the Commedia dell'arte/Balagan in twentieth-century Russian theatre and drama /

Main Author: Clayton, J. Douglas, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montréal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1993.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Illustrations""; ""Prologue""; ""1 Who Was That Masked Man?""; ""2 Improvisation and Dissonance: Commedia dell'Arte and the Crisis in Theatre""; ""3 Pierrot Comes to Petersburg: 1903â€?17""; ""4 Red Harlequins: The Balagan as a Theatrical Genre""; ""5 Pierrot or Petrushka? Russian Harlequinades""; ""6 Russian Pirandellos: The Balagan as a Dramatic Genre""; ""7 Harlequin's Shadow: The Film as Balagan""; ""8 The Empty Throne: Theatre as Metahistory""; ""Appendix A: The Beggar Harlequin""; ""Appendix B: Today's Columbine""; ""Appendix C: Fiametta's Four Corpses""
  • ""Appendix D: The Lovers""""Appendix E: Harlequin the Card-Lover""; ""Appendix F: The Apes Are Coming!""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""