Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre

Chamberlain, Franc and Yarrow, Ralph, eds. (2001) Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre. Routledge. ISBN 9057551462

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Abstract

Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre. The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Causcasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicte is just the tip of the Iceberg. The contributors to this volume, most of them engaged in applying Lecoq's work, chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our conceptions of mime, physical theatre, actor training, devising street theatre and interculturalism. This lively - even provocative - collection of essays focuses academic debate and raises awareness of the impact of Lecoq's work in Britain today.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature and Creative Writing (former - to 2011) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:57
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 01:07
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9407
DOI:	10.4324/9781315014944

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