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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 2011-11-27 by Micke Klingvall

The togetherness of the Commedia dell’Arte masks

The mask of Commedia dell’Arte simply cannot work alone for any stretch of time. I have already talked about how the masks of Commedia dell’Arte represent different aspects of the human inner life, as opposed to the clown who contains … 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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Posted on 2011-11-25 by Micke Klingvall

Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 3)

The very first signs of any kind of Swedish theatrical activity are found in the Bronze Age finds from the ritual site in Skogstorp and the petroglyphs in Tanumshede, Nämforsen, Oppeby and Norrköping among others. On the stone carvings we … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-11-23 by Micke Klingvall

Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 2)

When society started to specialize and build hierarchies, this also refers to theatre. It is here we first see how court theatre mark off. The rites are no longer collective. The shaman, the priest or the king, who has gotten … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-11-22 by Micke Klingvall

Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 1)

In Scandinavia we didn’t really have court or official theatre until Christianity was introduced, not even in its early, crude form. In order to prove that, I lean on research about early, international theatre and on theatre in a wide … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-11-16 by Micke Klingvall

“Crazy” as Vulgar Comedy

As a genre “Crazy” is one of the best examples of Vulgar Comedy. It has all the frenzy, the vigor, and the mad ideas it needs, but there is also room for romanticism and historical, social or political references. It … Read the rest of this entry →

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