The fool in European theatre

Description:

Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Büchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh.

subjects: Folly in literature,  Theater,  PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General,  PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism,  Fools and jesters in literature,  PERFORMING ARTS / General,  Drama, history and criticism,  European drama,  History and criticism,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Literary,  Literature,  Theatre studies

Places: Europe