10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOWNERY»
Discover the use of
clownery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
clownery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bible's True Words on Your Deepest Secret
Destitute poser necroses whereby troubled. Obsolete rude sputters whereby
necrotised. Tuberous clownery hides besotted pesterer. Bruise the obstreperous,
detested clownery. The proud, erudite clownery obsesses better. Reptile's screwy
...
2
Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, ...
clownery. Plunka argues that, “The black performers gradually substitute royalty
for clownery.”52 What is important here is that this ascension came out ofplay. As
Johan Huizinga so famously said in Homo Ludens, “All play means something.
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Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity
The new political humour is more about concealed hatred than jokes and
laughter, and hatred turns out to be about angry political clownery nowadays.
They are easily convertible and interchangeable. Hatred becomes a valuable
political ...
Zygmunt Bauman, Leonidas Donskis, 2014
4
The Lost Gospel of John
Then a man named Clownery told us he opened a church in Jerusalem but he
wanted us to ordain him. We did not know him from Adam, but we did as he
asked for a small up-front fee and tenpercent of his tithe earnings. He agreed to
our ...
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
The loot's conceit hath both clownery and ill-nature. L'£- Jirimi*;. * CLOWNISH,
adj. [from clown.] 1. Consisting of rusticks or clowns. — Youpg Sylvia beats her
breast, and cries aloud For succour from the clowni/h neighbourhopd. liiyden. %.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Modernism in European Drama: Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello, ...
Here again, therefore, seriousness on the part of the actors is the necessary
condition of laughter on the part of the spectators; and here again, it is the
mechanical that provokes hilarity, but whereas clownery is mostly action, music
hall comedy ...
Frederick J. Marker, C. D. Innes, 1998
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Beyond Rehearsal: Reflections on Interpretation and ...
A former student of mine produced a play in the style of clownery. This is a new
style. They use it frequently now. But one or another style still means nothing. It's
necessary for them to genuinely own it. Clownery? If you wish. But now I will see
...
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The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck: A Strange Truth
And known no more ; for, stood I in my first And native greatness, if my princely
mistress Vouchsafed me not her servant, 'twere as good 40 I were reduced to
clownery, to nothing, As to a throne of wonder. Hunt. [Aside] Now, by St. Andrew,
...
John Ford, Peter Ure, 1968
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Off Nevsky Prospekt: St Petersburg's Theatre Studios in the ...
"But surely this is very close to clownery?” "That's why the name of our theatre
now contains these two words "clown-mime." "And how do you think your theatre
will develop in the future?" "Firstly, we do not propose to select any particular
form ...
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Elizabethan Theatre History: An Annotated Bibliography of ...
1928.20 WRIGHT, LOUIS B. "Variety-Show Clownery on the Pre-Restoration
Stage." Anglia 52: 5l-68. Examines extraneous clownery inserted into
Elizabethan plays to add to audience enjoyment. Wright finds little change from
the beginning ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOWNERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
clownery is used in the context of the following news items.
Mikalai Statkevich: Decent people cannot participate in clownery
“Decent people with an active position cannot participate in clear clownery and stay aside from political event. Preserving your moral position is ... «Charter 97, Jun 15»
00's reality star foretold Newcastle's struggles in the transfer Market
Perhaps had we not "done all those years of clownery" we would have a chance to get Bas Dost over the line. Maybe we will in the future. «Coming Home Newcastle, Jun 15»
Konstantin Borovoy: Lukashenka daily commits crimes against …
It looks more like clownery than politics. – Yes, this is foreign policy. Chechnya and Belarus have common features in their economies. Both live ... «Charter 97, Jun 15»
Fringe 2015 Biggest Fringe Ever - Again
... Dark Side of the Mime (Assembly, p.82) is an audacious, dark and dirty romp full of raunchy humour and a new kind of mimical clownery. «EdinburghGuide.com, Jun 15»
The Story of How Amy Schumer Got Famous Will Make You Love …
... wasn't, you know, like business law, I remember, those are the classes I would kind of act up in." Yet in truth, her clownery was just beginning. «Mic, Jun 15»
The John Bishop Show review: 'a 70s variety show throwback'
From David Nixon, through Tommy Cooper's clownery, Paul Daniels, sparkly suits, sawing ladies in half (boo – leave ladies in one piece), ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Clown and doctor Patch Adams to arrive in Armenia
Clown and doctor, founder of hospital clownery Hunter Doherty Adams known around the world as Patch Adams will arrive in Armenia on May ... «Panorama.am, May 15»
Day Three At The Oi Rio Pro
This is a clownery!" So if you were looking for upsets outside of the water, you got one with this. Faces turned red – let's just leave it at that. «Surfing Life, May 15»
Rare exports: Two years on, Finnish troupe's refugee camp circus …
Through acrobatics, object manipulation and clownery, social circus invites participants into a world outside of the traumas or challenges of ... «YLE News, May 15»
A journey through Cirque du Soleil's Varekai
There were small breaks from the intensity of the main performance for a bit of clownery from a purposefully bad magician and his even worse ... «Pentiction Western News, May 15»
