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“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

Tony Lidington
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      This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell’arte and minstrelsy, to links between music hall and contemporary popular culture. Tony Lidington will explore how pierrot troupes grew from a single idea into a major international cultural industry and how it boosted morale and national identity during the two World Wars, before sublimating into contemporary pop music and comedy. Tony’s continuing practice as research provides an experiential framework for the historical and ethnographic analysis of the form.This book will be of vital interest to students, researchers, and performers of outdoor (al fresco) arts, clowning and comedy, minstrelsy, vernacular music-making and music hall.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Tony Lidington EAN: 9780367489182 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 453 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-09-30 CITY: GENRE: ART / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HUMOR / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Circus, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Pop music, Rock, The arts: general topics, Performance art, Theatre studies, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre, Popular music, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology, History and Archaeology, European history, Social and cultural history, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc

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      Tony Lidington is associate lecturer of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Tony has been a professional showman for 40 years – researching and implementing British popular entertainment forms in a wide variety of contexts throughout the country. He is founder and performer of the last-remaining professional seaside pierrot troupe the "Pierrotters" and has performed at countless resorts and events as his alter ego "Uncle Tacko!"
      This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell’arte and minstrelsy, to links between music hall and contemporary popular culture. Tony Lidington will explore how pierrot troupes grew from a single idea into a major international cultural industry and how it boosted morale and national identity during the two World Wars, before sublimating into contemporary pop music and comedy. Tony’s continuing practice as research provides an experiential framework for the historical and ethnographic analysis of the form.This book will be of vital interest to students, researchers, and performers of outdoor (al fresco) arts, clowning and comedy, minstrelsy, vernacular music-making and music hall.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Tony Lidington EAN: 9780367489182 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 453 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-09-30 CITY: GENRE: ART / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HUMOR / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Circus, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Pop music, Rock, The arts: general topics, Performance art, Theatre studies, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre, Popular music, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology, History and Archaeology, European history, Social and cultural history, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc

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      Tony Lidington is associate lecturer of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Tony has been a professional showman for 40 years – researching and implementing British popular entertainment forms in a wide variety of contexts throughout the country. He is founder and performer of the last-remaining professional seaside pierrot troupe the "Pierrotters" and has performed at countless resorts and events as his alter ego "Uncle Tacko!"

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