Use this URL to cite or link to this record in EThOS: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.716762 |
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Title: | 'The itinerant British showman' : an exploration of the history and contemporary realisation of three popular entertainment forms | ||||||
Author: | Lidington, Anthony |
ISNI:
0000 0004 6352 598X
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Awarding Body: | University of Exeter | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Exeter | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2016 | ||||||
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This thesis is a reflection upon three aspects of my practice as a performer: it explores the ways in which the seaside pierrot troupe, the fairground sideshow and the peepshow contribute to a deeper understanding of the showman’s role. This practice is combined with published materials in the form of broadcasts and publicly accessible media, which contextualize my research. I shall demonstrate how a showman may use historical performance forms to present subversive, social and political comment, in contemporary public space.
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Supervisor: | Milling, Jane | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.716762 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
Keywords: | Showman ; Pierrot ; Itinerant performance ; Raree Man ; Peepshow ; Concert Party ; Fairground | ||||||
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