Category Archives: 2 Vulgar Comedy

Posted on 2011-12-22 by Micke Klingvall

The mask’s influence over the actors

Here is another post from the questionnaire from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This time is about how I work with masks if I only use them in rehearsals and not in the actual play. For those who like to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-14 by Micke Klingvall

Masks in rehearsals

Here is another post from the questionnaire from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This time is about how I work with masks if I only use them in rehearsals and not in the actual play. For those who like to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-13 by Micke Klingvall

About teaching mask – part 2

In About mask making I explained how this is all about some questions I got in for a scientific work by Thanos Vovolis at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This post is continuing from About teaching mask. The goal … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-12 by Micke Klingvall

About teaching mask

While answering the questions I talked about in About mask making I was also asked about how I teach mask. Here are a little of the answer to that. I am not bound to any specific method even though I … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-12 by Micke Klingvall

The mask, costume and stage

This is also from when I was asked about my work with masks from different aspects a few years ago for a scientific work by Thanos Vovolis at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. I thought that I might as … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-07 by Micke Klingvall

About mask making

A few years ago I was asked about my work with masks from different aspects for a scientific work by Thanos Vovolis at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. I thought that I might as well share a bit of the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-03 by Micke Klingvall

Nils Poppe – a giant in Swedish theatre and Vulgar Comedy

Talking about Vulgar Comedy I would like take the opportunity to introduce Nils Poppe, in my view, the best comical actor Sweden ever had. And not only that He is a great dramatic actor, director, writer, dancer, acrobat, theatre manager … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-02 by Micke Klingvall

About satire as Vulgar Comedy

Satire is definitely a part of Vulgar Comedy with its roots back to popular comedy in ancient times. It has always kicked upwards. It can mock authority or the social order in general and its weapon is always laughter. The … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-11-30 by Micke Klingvall

Does Commedia dell’Arte and action movies have the same roots?

When we watch a Commedia dell’Arte show, we know how it is going to end from the start. It’s the same when we watch an action movie. It is not about the plot. It is not the story. It is … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-11-26 by Micke Klingvall

Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 4)

While the Danish Vikings went to England and France to raid and concur and the Norwegian Vikings colonized Iceland, Greenland and North America, the Swedes went east to make business, to form Russia and took jobs as in the Varangian … Read the rest of this entry →

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