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Many Great Screen Clowns NEEDED Writers and Directors.
Many Great Clowns NEEDED Writers and Directors. Many of my blog/essays focus on some video evidence that happens to validate my proposed viewpoints. One of those ideas is that great Clowns needed and worked with Writers and Directors who knew very well or truly understood Clown and Comedy. Since early 2024 I have accumulated enough…
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Theatre As Religion
Theatre As Religion – essay #31 of 46 – in the book Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare. The book was written in 1996. The manuscript and floppy disk were believed to be lost, but, were found in 2020. The book was intentionally generally not updated. It was edited mainly for grammar and spelling. I invited…
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98 YR OLD CLOWNS AND THE QUARTET SECRET
Rose Marie; Mary Tyler Moore; Morey Amsterdam; Dick Van Dyke the quartet within the cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show 98 YEAR OLD CLOWNS AND THE QUARTET SECRET ACCORDING TO CLOWN SECRET BOOK, ETC Here are a few paragraphs about two 98 year old clowns and their involvement in “The Quartet Secret” that I…
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The Joy of Teaching Clown… and the paradoxes.
Teaching Clown is a wonderful experience. It’s a field in which paradoxes abound. As in Ballet, a great ballet dancer may or may not be an ideal teacher and may or may not be a good choreographer. Many great Ballet teachers were not choreographers. Many wonderful Ballet teachers had limited or short careers as dancers.…
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Is a Tomboy a Clown or a Non-Clown Clown – Clara Bow is Such a Creature(s).
Is a Tomboy a Clown or a Non-Clown Clown – Clara Bow is Such a Creature(s). Clara Bow is a mythological figure synonymous with the beginning of the film industry. She had an extraordinary challenging childhood. But from the moment she began in film at the age of 16 several critics cited that she was…
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Another Matriarch of Clown – Ann Miller
Ann Miller was a great clown whose forte was not acrobatics, nor mime, nor juggling but her forte was called ‘the triple threat’ i.e. an actor-dancer-singer. Triple Threat was known initially in the world of American style Musical Theatre. Miller’s personal story is quite incredible. She overcame numerous life obstacles, even as a child. At…
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Chaplin – some rare yet public bits
Photo above: Co-stars of the film Chocolat (2016): Actor Omar Sy & Chaplin’s Grandson James Thierree. In this first bit, a short interview of Charles Chaplin for the 1969 re-release of his 1928 film The Circus. In the interview Chaplin mentions his colleague and friend Harry Crocker. Below will be a link with information about…
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Homage to the Clown Barry Humphries
PHOTO: BARRY HUMPHRIES with Director Ray Lawler who asked Barry to write a sketch for his character he did when the company toured. The first stage performance of Edna Everage was in the Union Theatre’s Revue directed by Lawler As the old saying goes ‘The king is dead, long live the king’. The clown is…
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Absurd Moods – videoed early experimental Clown Theatre piece
IRA SEIDENSTEIN – EXPERIMENTAL CLOWN THEATRE SOLO – ABSURD MOODS – 1985. ABSURD MOODS – Clowning with the idea of being a dancer, but not being a dancer. Clowning with the idea of being a Clown juggling. Clowning with the idea of a Clown in a theatre with his array of ABSURD MOODS. Reminder: it…
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Ira Seidenstein Blog Titles and links – I.S.A.A.C.
THIS BLOG HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR CONVIENENCE AND INCLUDES HIGHLIGHTED TITLES AND A NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EACH TITLE. THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG HAS ALSO BEEN CHANGED. PLEASE SWAP OVER TO THE FOLLOWING LINK. THANK YOU, Ira. https://iraseid.com/2025/11/ira-seidenstein-blog-of-100-blogs-title-with-each-link-i-s-a-a-c.html Titles of My Writings: Books; and, Blog/Essays – Ira Seidenstein, PhD My writings include: two books which…
