The Harlequinade: An Excursion (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451012241 ISBN 13 : 9781451012248

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A playful, self-aware backstage tale that fuses Harlequin myth with modern theatre. It invites readers to glimpse how a troupe of clowns and actors chase magic amid satire of fame, money, and stage luck.

This edition presents a striking, meta-theatrical work that blends classic commedia with contemporary comedy. Through vivid stage directions and character dialogue, it explores the pull of animation, illusion, and the power of performance to change lives—even as it skewers the business of making plays.

• Meet Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon as they navigate love, disguise, and the glow of the stage


• Watch theatre inside theatre moments, where old myths collide with modern entertainment


• Experience a lyrical, witty blend of fantasy and social commentary


• Enjoy vivid set pieces, grand entrances, and a playful critique of show-business culture

Ideal for readers who enjoy theatrical satire, poetic stagecraft, and stories that blur the line between performance and life.

A propos du livre

Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Harlequinade: An Excursion

I suppose it has taken over a thousand people to write this excursion, and we are, so far, the last. And not by any means do we pretend because of that to be the best of them rather, because of that, perhaps, we cannot be the best. We should have done much better if we could. Oh, this has been written by Greeks and Romans and Mediaeval Italians and Frenchmen and Englishmen, and it has been played thousands and thousands of times under every sort of weather and conditions. Think of it: when the gardeners of Egypt sent their boxes of roses to Italy to make chap lets for the Romans to wear at feasts this play was being performed; when the solemn Doges (which Alice once would call Dogs) of Venice held festa days, this play was shown to the people.

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Reseña del editor

Now in any excursion you get into all sorts of odd company, and fall into talk with persons out of your ordinary rule, and you borrow a match and get lent a magazine, and, as likely as not, you may hear the whole tragedy and comedy of a ham and beef carvers life. So you will get a view of the world as oddly coloured as Harlequin sclothes, with puffs of sentiment dear to the soul of Columbine, and Clownish fun with Pantaloonish wisdom and chuckles. When you were young, you used, I think, to enjoy a butterflys kiss, and that, you remember, was when your mother brushed your cheek with her eyelashes. And also when you were young you held a buttercup under other childrens chins to see if they liked butter, and they always did, and the golden glow showed and the world was glad.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451012241
• ISBN 13: 9781451012248
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 94
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