Boulevard Comedy Theatre in Germany - Hardcover

Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190430348X ISBN 13: 9781904303480

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Twenty major German cities have a total of twenty-four theatres specializing, at a high level of sophistication, in presenting light comedy. They have their own typical ambience, principles of artistic management and casting. There are playwrights, actors, directors and designers who work almost exclusively in the genre, called boulevard comedy, developing highly specialised approaches to their work. In almost all cases, the predominantly privately run boulevard comedy theatres in Germany have been able to attract larger audiences than municipal or state theatres in the same cities. The book provides a description and an analysis of this phenomenon, which is unique to Germany. Chapters focus on an analysis of ambience, artistic managers, artistic policies and artistic structures, on major characteristics of the plays presented on the stages of German boulevard comedy theatres, on aspects of translation and the cultural transfer of comedy and laughter and on aspects of production and reception, dealing in turn with actors, directors, media coverage and audiences.

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About the Author

Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe is lecturer at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies University of Wales Aberystwyth

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190430348X
• ISBN 13: 9781904303480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 118