Border-Crossing and Comedy at the Théâtre Italien, 1716–1723 (Transnational Theatre Histories) 1st 2021 Edition Mcmahan

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• ISBN 10:3030700712
• ISBN 13:9783030700713
• Author: Matthew J. McMahan
  

How 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—across time.

Table contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Italian Brand on the French Stage
3. Prologues, Metacomedy, and Cross-Cultural Rapport
4. Bilingualism and Translation in Comedy
5. Stereotypes, Self-Deprecation, and Refracted Satire
6. Improvisation, Emotion, and Nationalized Esthetics
7. Parody as Transcultural Critique
8. Epilogue

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