Category: Actor Clown Artists

” Cicely Courtneidge was born on April 1, 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge. Her father was from England”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQNfMFs7uA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Courtneidge She returned to Australia briefly in a comedy musical Under the Counter (1943?). Her fame arose in tandem with her husband http://laughterlog.com/2009/03/24/performers-cicely-courtneidge-and-jack-hulbert/

Carlo’s Revenge – Project “Commedia Toto” in part in memory of my teacher Carlo Mazzone-ClementiI am in Italy, the country of Carlo’s birth. This project “Commedia Toto” owes much to Carlo and is a transference of his energy. Carlo was complex and I understood early that he was like a fire and if you got…

Ira has a unique and extensive background with Shakespeare and clown. This workshop is beyond the scope of most approaches to Shakespeare clowning. One also needs to recognize that historically certain roles of several main clowns were written for the specific skills and even physical attributes of specific clowns such as Will Kemp(e), RobertArmin, Richard…

In the BSC 1992 season I played many minor characters in the three plays – Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III. We were 16 actors (including John Bell and his wife Anna Volska) touring in repertory all three plays. 5 of us also later did a season touring bits of Shakespeare in a schools’…

In 1979 I chose to leave the USA to see the European traditional one-ring circus clowns. I left for 3 weeks, but, have been gone since 1979. Amongst the clowns I met in the first instance in Europa were Alfred Pauwells and Charlie Rivels. By 1979 however I was just beginning to be discovered as…

 Photo: I hope these folks still with us will permit this photo here. It is the group I mention below. The theatre group at CCAC – Boyce Campus – Pittsburgh. This is the team for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m on the top step with a head full of black hair. Tony who I mention…

This continues from my blog titled ‘Meetings With Remarkable Clowns”.One of the world’s greatest clowns who also was one of the greatest women clowns, was Lotte Goslar (1907-1997). I saw her company perform, and her solo show as well, and met her about June 1975. One of my most important teachers was from Germany. He was…

In the finale of Cirque Du Soleil’s Corteo – December 2007 something shifted in my life. During our company bow in front of a full-house standing ovation, at the request of my friend and colleague Jeff  I went into the center of the stage. As I rose, I went into an altered state of consciousness.…