CLOWNS & PANTOMIMES

DISHER, M. Willson

Verlag: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1925

Beschreibung

* AS PICTURED - FIVE IMAGES * First Edition, 1925. Substantial 4to; orange boards, the upper with elaborate gilt blocked design framed in blind debossed rectangle. Spine with gilt design and titles. The boards are reasonably clean and bright, the front gilt bright, although edges and corners are variously rubbed and fraying. The spine is faded, as is the gilt, although still legible; top and tail with chips and wear. Pages block edges untrimmed to fore-edge and bottom; top edge smooth gilt. pp : xix + 344. Generously illustrated with over 60 full-page plates reproducing artworks and photographs (b/w) and coloured frontis.after an engraving depicting Joseph Grimaldi. Occasional vignettes of figures from the Commedia Dell'Arte. The main body of the text is predominantly clean and well-bound, with just one plate loosening, and without markings or inscriptions and only minor pale sporadic foxing. A ffep is missing, and there is an ink inscription to Half-Title, which is spotted with foxing to both sides, as is final page adjacent to creased, browning endpaper. Frontis. tissue guard present, but tanned. A circular printed stamp to the Title Page shows the book to have originally belonged to the Academy of Choreographic Art in Roland Gardens, Kensington SW7. This was formed in 1926 by Ninette de Valois (later, Dame Ninette de Valois) and later became known as The Royal Ballet School. CONTENTS : FOREWORD on Laughter and Emotion, (Clowns, pp 3 - 203):- I. The Anatomy of Mirth; II. Clownship; III. Saturnalia; IV. Monsters; V. Harlequin's Invasion; VI. Grimaldi; VII. Pantaloon. VIII. Deburau; IX. The Grimaldi Tradition; X.The Music Hall Comedian; XI. Circus Clowns; XII. Grock. (Pantomimes, pp 221 - 321) :- XIII. Origins of Pantomime; XIV. Transformation; XV. Shakespeare versus Harlequin; XVI. Legend; XVII. Burlesque and Extravaganza; XVIII. Pantomime's Possibilities. INDEX. An important work, as much as for insights into the prevailing culture and exponents of the day, as well as being a detailed history from the roots of clowning in the Commedia Dell'Arte through to Music Hall and Circus. Scarce. FREE POSTAGE WITHIN THE U.K. Buyers from outside the U.K. will be quoted for Shipping cost prior to purchasing. (25% of proceeds from FARRAGO sales donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0932

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CLOWNS & PANTOMIMES

Verlag: Constable & Co. Ltd

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition