Acting Funny on the Catalan Stage

Comedy has always had a constant presence in the history of Catalan theatre, but it has never really been recognized as a separate generic identity, worthy of academic study as a whole. This volume is the first concentrated attempt to analyse Catalan theatre under the comic lens, with essays in English and Catalan. It studies comic form, performative innovations and socio-political function. As well as providing detailed analysis of figures excluded from standard accounts, it makes a strong case for the originality of many authors, directors and actors. This is definitely another realm in which the Catalan contribution to European culture needs to be acknowledged and appreciated. Moreover, the book provides a rare instance when theatre is considered - within the same project - from several regions where Catalan is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencia region and different towns in French Catalonia.

La hilaritat sempre ha tingut una pres ncia molt important en l'evoluci del teatre catal , tot i que rarament ha comptat amb un estudi i reconeixement acad mics. Aquest volum proposa una an lisi de diverses formes d'humor de l'escena catalana del segle XX, amb una selecci d'assaigs en angl s i catal d'experts de diferents universitats. S'hi examinen algunes propostes de comicitat, innovacions performatives i la projecci sociopol tica d'aquesta jocositat. Tamb s'hi estudia l'originalitat d'un conjunt d'autors, directors i actors al marge de l'humor pol ticament correcte. Sens dubte, un altre mbit, el de riure, en el qual cal recon ixer i posar en valor la contribuci catalana a la cultura europea. El llibre constitueix un cas rar on es considera el teatre -dins d'un mateix projecte- de diversos espais geogr fics on es parla catal Catalunya (sobretot Barcelona), el Pa s Valenci i diferents pobles del Rossell .