Jean Gaspard Deburau , 1796-1846, French pantomime performer, whose original name was Jan Kaspar Dvorjak, b. Bohemia. He became famous for his introduction of the pantomime character Pierrot at the Théâtre des Funambules. With delicate charm and pathos, he captured the essence of the ever hopeful but always disappointed lover. He is the subject of a play by Sacha Guitry and of Marcel Carné's film, Children of Paradise (1944).
Bibliography: See biography by F. Kozik (tr. 1940).
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"SERVING THE PURPOSE AMPLY": THE HANLON BROTHERS' LE VOYAGE EN SUISSE 1
The Journal of American Drama and Theatre; 4/1/2006; Cosdon, Mark; 8093 words;
... States. In France, pantomime was near-synonymous with Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796-1846). Deburau made his first appearance as ... either been adapted from pre-existing works-those of Jean-Gaspard Deburau and his son Charles in particular; or, their pantomimes ...
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Oeuvres poetiques completes.(Book Review)
Nineteenth-Century French Studies; 3/22/2004; Coates, Carrol F.; 1300 words;
... that Banville wrote (1846) in memory of the mime, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, A Deburau : the amants orgueilleux de la Muse divine will gather to speak of Deburau and to drink in his honor. Pleins d'une horreur ...
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"A STRANGE NIGGER": FAULKNER AND THE MINSTREL PERFORMANCE OF WHITENESS
The Faulkner Journal; 10/1/2006; Duvall, John N; 6015 words;
... dell'arte, Pierrot was reimagined in French pantomime by Jean-Gaspard Deburau in the early-nineteenth century. The forerunner of the whiteface circus clown, Deburau's Pierrot established the character as the ineffectual ...
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Touring spaces.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(OUT & ABOUT)
The Washington Times; 12/5/2002; 728 words;
... the successor to the famous 19th-century French mime Jean Gaspard Deburau by Czech author Frantisek Kozik, Mr. Sladek now tours ... for the season Currently at the forefront of the daily news columns, the Middle East is the birthplace of three ...
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