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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 v 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. vi 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. vii 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?' viii 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. lX For Sally X

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