{"product_id":"serious-play-louise-peacock-9781841502410","title":"Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance","description":"Slapstick comedy is the primary mode of performance for clowns, and in Serious Play, drama scholar Louise Peacock explores the evolution over the past fifty years of this unique brand of physical comedy. Though an analysis of clowning in a range of settings--theaters, circuses, hospitals, refugee camps, and churches--Peacock offers a framework for the evaluation of clowning, and she examines the therapeutic potential of the comedic performance. This is the first book to consider clowning venues and styles in light of play theory, including comparisons of traditional clown comedy and contemporary circuses like Cirque du Soleil. A distinctive study, Serious Play also provides authoritative definitions of clowns and clown performance styles that establishes a critical vocabulary for clowning performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Peacock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841502413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841502410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intellect (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.60w x 0.40d","brand":"Louise Peacock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311089078527,"sku":"9781841502410","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bddcbf22-3d3f-48cd-bac9-37925b622088.jpg?v=1730888081","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serious-play-louise-peacock-9781841502410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}