Tony Lidington
"Don't Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties
Tony Lidington
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This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside Pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.
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This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside Pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.
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Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 406
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 672g
- ISBN-13: 9780367489182
- ISBN-10: 036748918X
- Artikelnr.: 64103319
- Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 406
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 672g
- ISBN-13: 9780367489182
- ISBN-10: 036748918X
- Artikelnr.: 64103319
Tony Lidington is associate lecturer of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Tony has been a professional showman for 40 years - researching and implementing British popular entertainment forms in a wide variety of contexts throughout the country. He is founder and performer of the last-remaining professional seaside pierrot troupe the "Pierrotters" and has performed at countless resorts and events as his alter ego "Uncle Tacko!"
List of figures
Thanks!
Support for writing and illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note about cover images
Preface: "The Pierrot fable"
Introduction
1 "Here we are again!": Current practice
2 "Trope to troupe": The origins of Pierrot in Britain
3 Minstrels: White and black
4 "The Seaside Minstrels"
5 Proliferation
6 "Bringing Blighty to the Boys with troupes for the troops": Pierrot
troupes and concert parties in the First World War
7 Ambiguities in the evolution of the form and its developments during the
inter-war years
8 Khaki-clad pierrot heroes: British concert parties/pierrot troupes in the
Second World War
9 "It's that troupe again ...": Concert party adaptations for the airwaves
and post-war British pop culture
10 "Impacts and reverberations": The ways in which the seaside troupe
format has directly affected contemporary culture
11 Conclusion: Pierrots and concert parties provide a portal to past,
present and future popular culture
Appendices
Appendix 1: Timeline of pierrot/concert-party projects by Tony Lidington
Appendix 2: Programme for Moore & Burgess Minstrels, April 14th 1877
Appendix 3: early members of Clifford Essex's troupe
Appendix 4: Table illustrating the date of the first connections to seaside
resorts by steamer and railway
Appendix 5: Spreadsheet of troupes with the words "Royal" or "Imperial" in
the title
Appendix 6: List of troupes formed prior to the First World War
Appendix 7: Song books & publishers for pierrot troupes and concert parties
Appendix 8: List of troupes operating in the First World War
Appendix 9: Pierrot troupe list for 1918-1939
Appendix 10: Numbers of ENSA performances (from information provided by
Basil Dean)
Appendix 11: Annual budgetary expenditures for ENSA
Appendix 12: List of seaside shows opening 1946-1961
Appendix 13: The Roosters
Glossary of terms
References
Index
Thanks!
Support for writing and illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note about cover images
Preface: "The Pierrot fable"
Introduction
1 "Here we are again!": Current practice
2 "Trope to troupe": The origins of Pierrot in Britain
3 Minstrels: White and black
4 "The Seaside Minstrels"
5 Proliferation
6 "Bringing Blighty to the Boys with troupes for the troops": Pierrot
troupes and concert parties in the First World War
7 Ambiguities in the evolution of the form and its developments during the
inter-war years
8 Khaki-clad pierrot heroes: British concert parties/pierrot troupes in the
Second World War
9 "It's that troupe again ...": Concert party adaptations for the airwaves
and post-war British pop culture
10 "Impacts and reverberations": The ways in which the seaside troupe
format has directly affected contemporary culture
11 Conclusion: Pierrots and concert parties provide a portal to past,
present and future popular culture
Appendices
Appendix 1: Timeline of pierrot/concert-party projects by Tony Lidington
Appendix 2: Programme for Moore & Burgess Minstrels, April 14th 1877
Appendix 3: early members of Clifford Essex's troupe
Appendix 4: Table illustrating the date of the first connections to seaside
resorts by steamer and railway
Appendix 5: Spreadsheet of troupes with the words "Royal" or "Imperial" in
the title
Appendix 6: List of troupes formed prior to the First World War
Appendix 7: Song books & publishers for pierrot troupes and concert parties
Appendix 8: List of troupes operating in the First World War
Appendix 9: Pierrot troupe list for 1918-1939
Appendix 10: Numbers of ENSA performances (from information provided by
Basil Dean)
Appendix 11: Annual budgetary expenditures for ENSA
Appendix 12: List of seaside shows opening 1946-1961
Appendix 13: The Roosters
Glossary of terms
References
Index
List of figures
Thanks!
Support for writing and illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note about cover images
Preface: "The Pierrot fable"
Introduction
1 "Here we are again!": Current practice
2 "Trope to troupe": The origins of Pierrot in Britain
3 Minstrels: White and black
4 "The Seaside Minstrels"
5 Proliferation
6 "Bringing Blighty to the Boys with troupes for the troops": Pierrot
troupes and concert parties in the First World War
7 Ambiguities in the evolution of the form and its developments during the
inter-war years
8 Khaki-clad pierrot heroes: British concert parties/pierrot troupes in the
Second World War
9 "It's that troupe again ...": Concert party adaptations for the airwaves
and post-war British pop culture
10 "Impacts and reverberations": The ways in which the seaside troupe
format has directly affected contemporary culture
11 Conclusion: Pierrots and concert parties provide a portal to past,
present and future popular culture
Appendices
Appendix 1: Timeline of pierrot/concert-party projects by Tony Lidington
Appendix 2: Programme for Moore & Burgess Minstrels, April 14th 1877
Appendix 3: early members of Clifford Essex's troupe
Appendix 4: Table illustrating the date of the first connections to seaside
resorts by steamer and railway
Appendix 5: Spreadsheet of troupes with the words "Royal" or "Imperial" in
the title
Appendix 6: List of troupes formed prior to the First World War
Appendix 7: Song books & publishers for pierrot troupes and concert parties
Appendix 8: List of troupes operating in the First World War
Appendix 9: Pierrot troupe list for 1918-1939
Appendix 10: Numbers of ENSA performances (from information provided by
Basil Dean)
Appendix 11: Annual budgetary expenditures for ENSA
Appendix 12: List of seaside shows opening 1946-1961
Appendix 13: The Roosters
Glossary of terms
References
Index
Thanks!
Support for writing and illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note about cover images
Preface: "The Pierrot fable"
Introduction
1 "Here we are again!": Current practice
2 "Trope to troupe": The origins of Pierrot in Britain
3 Minstrels: White and black
4 "The Seaside Minstrels"
5 Proliferation
6 "Bringing Blighty to the Boys with troupes for the troops": Pierrot
troupes and concert parties in the First World War
7 Ambiguities in the evolution of the form and its developments during the
inter-war years
8 Khaki-clad pierrot heroes: British concert parties/pierrot troupes in the
Second World War
9 "It's that troupe again ...": Concert party adaptations for the airwaves
and post-war British pop culture
10 "Impacts and reverberations": The ways in which the seaside troupe
format has directly affected contemporary culture
11 Conclusion: Pierrots and concert parties provide a portal to past,
present and future popular culture
Appendices
Appendix 1: Timeline of pierrot/concert-party projects by Tony Lidington
Appendix 2: Programme for Moore & Burgess Minstrels, April 14th 1877
Appendix 3: early members of Clifford Essex's troupe
Appendix 4: Table illustrating the date of the first connections to seaside
resorts by steamer and railway
Appendix 5: Spreadsheet of troupes with the words "Royal" or "Imperial" in
the title
Appendix 6: List of troupes formed prior to the First World War
Appendix 7: Song books & publishers for pierrot troupes and concert parties
Appendix 8: List of troupes operating in the First World War
Appendix 9: Pierrot troupe list for 1918-1939
Appendix 10: Numbers of ENSA performances (from information provided by
Basil Dean)
Appendix 11: Annual budgetary expenditures for ENSA
Appendix 12: List of seaside shows opening 1946-1961
Appendix 13: The Roosters
Glossary of terms
References
Index