Modern and Post-Modern Mime

201 Pages·1989·13.684 MB·English

by  Thomas Leabhart (auth.)

MODERN DRAMATISTS
MODERN DRAMATISTS
MODERN AND
POS~-MODEBN
MIME
Thomas Leabharfi
Macmillan Education
ISBN 978-0-333-38310-0 ISBN 978-1-349-20192-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20192-1
©Thomas Leabhart 1989
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1989
All rights reserved. For information, write:
Scholarly and Reference Division,
St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
First published in the United States of America in 1989
ISBN 978-0-312-02346-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leabhart, Thomas.
Modern and post-modern mime/Thomas Leabhart.
p. cm.-(Modern dramatists)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-312-02346-1 (est.)
1. Mimes-Biography. 2. Mime-History-20th century.
3. Pantomime. I. Title. II. Series.
PN1986.A2L44 1989
792.3'028'0922-dc19
[B)
88-19930
CIP
Contents
List of Plates vi
Editors' Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction: Mime and Pantomime 1
1 Jacques Copeau 17
2 Etienne Decroux 35
3 Jean-Louis Barrault 60
4 Marcel Marceau 75
5 Jacques Lecoq and Mummenschanz 88
6 Post-Modern Mime 108
7 New Vaudevillians, New Mimes 122
Bibliography 148
Index 154
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List of Plates
1. Jean-Louis Barrault and Marie-Helene Daste in
Christophe Colombe.
Photograph © Studio Bernand.
2. Jean-Louis Barrault in the early days of his film career.
Unattributed photograph.
3. Etienne Decroux teaching class, Paris, 1975.
Photograph © Christian Mattis Schmocker.
4. Etienne Decroux in his study, Paris, 1953.
Photograph© Etienne Bertrand Weill.
5. Edward Gordon Craig visiting Etienne Decroux's
school, Paris, 1947.
Photograph© Etienne Bertrand Weill.
6. Etienne Decroux demonstrating an exercise in his
Paris school, 1975.
Photograph© Christian Mattis Schmocker.
7. Etienne Decroux, Paris, 1975.
Photograph © Christian Mattis Schmocker.
8. Etienne Decroux in 'Sport,' 1948.
Photograph© Etienne Bertrand Weill.
9. Jean Daste modelling masks at Morteuil c. 1924.
Photograph© M. H. Daste.
10. Jacques Copeau in the role of Plebere in L'Illusion, a
play created by Copeau for the Copiaus, at Pernand
Vergelesses in 1926.
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List of Plates
Photograph© M. H. Daste.
11. The Vieux Colombier company performing Les Four
beries de Scapin outdoors in the Place St Sulpice,
Paris, c. 1920.
Photograph © M. H. Daste.
12. Director, teacher, actor and theatre visionary Jacques
Copeau.
Photograph© French Embassy Press and Information
Division, N.Y.C.
13. Deburau as Pierrot by Maurice Sand.
© Bibliotheque de 1' Arsenal, Paris.
14. Pierrot with long sleeves by Maurice Sand.
© Bibliotheque de 1' Arsenal, Paris.
15. Ink drawing of Jean-Gaspard Deburau by Michael
Tomek, based on lithographs in the Bibliotheque de
I'A rsenal.
©Mime Journal.
16. French mime Marcel Marceau teaching class.
Photograph © Rebecca Knight.
17. French mime Marcel Marceau as Bip.
Unattributed photograph.
18. Marcel Marceau in performance.
Photograph © Gapihan.
19. Jacques Lecoq teaching with the help of leather masks
by Amleto Sartori.
Photograph © The Glasgow Herald.
20. Jacques Lecoq.
Photograph © Patrick Lecoq.
21. A Mummenschanz full-body mask from their second
show.
Photograph© Christian Altorfer.
22. A moment from the first Mummenschanz show.
Photograph © Gapihan.
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List of Plates
23. Gilles Maheu in 'L'Homme rouge'.
Photograph © Yves Dube.
24. Daniel Stein in 'Inclined to Agree'.
Photograph Paul Martens, © Winnipeg International
Mime Festival.
25. Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum in 'La Croisade'.
Unattributed photograph.
26 .. Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers in 'Child's
Eye'.
Photograph© Robert Kozman.
27. Dulcinia Langfelder in 'Vicious Circle'.
Photograph Paul Martens, © Winnipeg International
Mime Festival.
28. Leonard Pitt in 'Not for Real'.
Photograph © Philip Kaake.
29. French mimes Claire Heggen and Yves Marc.
Photograph © Delahay.
30. Mexican performer, teacher and festival impressario
Sigfrido Aguilar.
Unattributed photograph.
31. F. J. Bogner, West German psycho-clown.
Photograph© W. Flogel.
32. Post-modern storyteller and performance artist Jim
Calder.
Photograph © Plauto.
33. Three Czech mimes: Boleslav Polivka, Boris Hybner,
Ctibor Turba.
Photograph© RTE, Dublin.
34. Denise Boulanger and Jean Asselin in a duet created
for them by Etienne Decroux.
Photograph © Daniel Collins
35. Jan Munroe and Ian Cousineau in Munroe's 'Wood
Would, Wouldn't It?'
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List of Plates
Photograph © Elissa Zimmerman.
36. New Vaudevillian Bob Berky.
Unattributed photograph.
37. Ronlin Foreman.
Unattributed photograph.
38. Paul Zaloom, plastic puppeteer and performance
artist.
Photograph ©Jim Moore, 1986.
39. Boleslav Polivka, Czech mime-clown and Chantal
Poullain in 'The Fool and the Queen'.
Unattributed photograph.
40. Friends Mime Theatre in a parade in 1979.
Photograph © Kathy Kohl.
41. Denise Boulanger and Rodrigue Proteau in 'Alice'.
Photograph© David Peterle.
42. Denise Boulanger and Francine Alepin in 'La Dame
dans I' auto'.
Photograph © Line Charlebois.
43. Argentinian post-modern mime Benito Gutmacher.
Photograph © Gapihan.
44. New Vaudevillian and juggler Michael Moschen.
Photograph © Lois Greenfield.
45. Tony Brown and Kari Margolis in 'Deco-Dance'.
Unattributed photograph.
46. Belgian mime troupe Pyramide op de Punt.
Photograph© Alain Chagnon.
47. 'Backlight' performed by Grifteater, 1983.
Photograph © Maarten Brinkgreve.
48. New Vaudevillian, clown and eccentric dancer Bill
Irwin.
Photograph© F. B. Stimson.
49. New Vaudevillian and clown Geoff Hoyle.
Photograph© F. B. Stimson.
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