Bibliography

 

 

Books

 

Adamson, Joe. Groucho, Chico, Harpo and sometimes Zeppo. London: Coronet, 1974.

Beckett, Samuel. Worstward Ho – Beckett shorts. London: Calder Publications, 1995.

Beckett, Samuel. The Complete Dramatic Works. London: Faber and Faber, 1986.

Brecht, Bertolt. Bertolt Brecht Poems 1913-1956. London: Methuen, 1979.

Cahn, William. Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1964.

Chamberlain, F (ed.) Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre. London: Routledge, 2001.

Chaplin, Charles. My Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964.

Callery, Dymphna. Through the Body. London: Nick Herns Books, 2001.

Donnellan, Declan. The Actor and the Target. London: Nick Herns Books, 2002.

Ducharte, Pierre Louis. The Italian Comedy. New York: Dover, 1966.

Felner, Mira. Apostles of Silence. London: Associated University Press, 1985.

Fo, Dario and Rame, Franca. The Tricks of the Trade. London: Methuen, 1991.

Frost, Anthony & Yarrow, Ralph. Improvisation in Drama. Hampshire: MacMillan Press, 1990.

Gilliatt, Penelope. Jacques Tati (‘the entertainers’ series). London: The Woburn Press, 1976.

Green, Stanley. The Greaqt Clowns of Broadway. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.

Harding, James. Jacques Tati – Frame by Frame. London: Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, 1984.

Irvin, Polly. Directing for the Stage. Sussex: Rotovision, 2003.

Keaton, Buster & Samuels, Charles. My Wonderful World of Slapstick. NewYork: DaCapo Press, 1982.

Kott, Jan. Shakespeare Our Contemporary. London: Methuen, 1967.

Lecoq, Jacques. The Moving Body. London: Methuen, 2000.

Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy. London: Faber and Faber, 2001.

Madden, David. Harlequin’s Stick, Charlies’s Cane. USA: Bowling Green University Press, 1975.

McCabe, John. Mr.Laurel and Mr.Hardy. London: Robson Books, 1976.

Richards, Thomas. At work with Grotowski on Physical Actions. London: Routledge, 1997.

Schechter, Joel. Durov’s Pig. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1985.

Short, Ernest. Fifty Years of Vaudeville. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946.

Welsford, Enid. The Fool: His Social and Literary History. London: Anchor Books, 1961.

Willeford, William. The Fool and His Sceptre. USA: Northwestern University Press, 1988.

 

 

Films

 

Laurel and Hardy

 

Laughing Gravy. Dir. James W. Horne, 1931.

Scram. Dir. Raymond McCarey, 1932.

Busy Bodies. Dir. Lloyd French, 1933.

Beau Hunks. Dir. James W. Horne, 1931.

Sons of the Desert. Dir. William.A.Seiter, 1933.

Oliver the Eighth. Dir. Lloyd French, 1934.

Going Bye-Bye. Dir. Charles Rogers, 1934.

Way out West. Dir. James W. Horne, 1937.

Saps at Sea. Dir. Gordon Douglas, 1940.

 

Charlie Chaplin

 

Tillie’s Punctured Romance. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1914.

The Vagabond. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1916.

Behind the Screen. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1916.

The Rink. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1916.

The Immigrant. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1917.

A Dog’s Life. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1918.

The Kid. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1921.

The Gold Rush. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1925.

The Great Dictator. Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1940.

 

Jacques Tati

 

Le Jour de Fete. Dir. Jacques Tati, 1948.

Mon Oncle. Dir. Jacques Tati, 1957.

 

Buster Keaton

 

His Wedding Night. Dir. Fatty Arbuckle, 1917.

Seven Chances. Dir. Buster Keaton, 1925.

The General. Dir. Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, 1926.

SteamBoat Bill Jnr. Dir. Charles F. Reisner, 1928.

Kevin Bronlow and David Gill. Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (nar. Lindsay Anderson). 1987.

 

The Marx Brothers

 

Animal Crackers. Dir. Victor Heerman, 1930.

Horse Feathers. Dir. Norman.Z.McLeod, 1932.

Duck Soup. Dir. Leo McCarey, 1933.

 

Mel Brooks

 

Blazing Saddles. Dir. Mel Brooks, 1974.

Young Frankenstein. Dir. Mel Brooks, 1974.

Spaceballs. Dir. Mel Brooks, 1987.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Dir. Mel Brooks, 1993.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Dir. Mel Brooks, 1995.

 

Roberto Benigni

 

Jonny Stechinno. Dir. Roberto Benigni, 1991.

Life is Beautiful. Dir. Roberto Benigni, 1997.

 

Others

 

Les Enfants du Paradis. Dir. Marcel Carné, 1945.

(Feat. Toto) Hawks and Sparrows. Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964.

W.C.Fields Productions. WCFields: Straight Up (nar. Dudley Moore). 1993.

Le Dinner du Cons. Dir. Francis Veber, 1998.

 

 

Television Programmes

 

Documentary on Theatre de Complicite (including clips of A Minute Too Late and More Bigger Snacks Now).

Dario Fo. Lezioni di Teatro. Rai2 (Italian Channel).

 

 

Published Articles (all sources can be found in full on www.calmccrystal.com)

 

Interview with Cal McCrystal by Brian Logan. Independent on Sunday. 19th May, 2002.

Interview with Cal McCrystal by Patrick Marmion . Evening Standard.

Article on Cal McCrystal by Phillip Beaven. Total Theatre.

Cambridge Evening News

The List

South Bank

Sbc

 

 

Web-Page Material

 

http://www.CalMcCrystal.com (designed by myself)

http://www.ecolephilippegaulier.com/frames.html

http://www.lecoq.com/

http://www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com/index_uk.htm

http://www.physicaltheatre.com/

http://www.edfringe.com/

http://theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk/video.htm

http://www.dariofo.it/

http://www.yourfacehere.com

http://www.peepolykus.com/menu.html

http://www.spymonkey.co.uk/

http://www.bac.org.uk/

http://www.abbottandcostello.net/

http://www.busterkeaton.com/

http://www.wayoutwest.org/

http://www.charliechaplin.com/welcome.html

 

 

Performances Seen

 

Eden Project. Mexican Day of the Dead. The Eden Project, Cornwall, 2002.

Marcello Magni. Arlecchino. Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2003.

Peepolykus. Let the Donkey Go. Lyric, Hammersmith, 2001.

Peepolykus. Rhinoceros. Hackney Empire, London, 2002.

Spymonkey. Cooped. Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2002 and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2003.

Spymonkey. Stiff. Palace Theatre, Southend, 2000 and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2003.

Your Face Here. Gladiatrix. Etcetera Theatre, Camden and Pleasance Upstairs, Edinburgh, 2002.

 

 

Personal Material

 

Personal Interview with Cal McCrystal.

 

Rehearsal Footage: personally recorded at the BAC, 20th May - 7th June 2002 and in Brighton with One Yellow Rabbit, November 2002.

 

Transcription of Phillip Beaven’s interview with Cal McCrystal.

 

Biographical material given to me by Cal McCrystal for the purposes of this work and his website.

 

Attended Clown Workshop given by Mick Barnfather, Summer 2002.

 

Personally filmed and edited performances:

Spymonkey’s Cooped (at the BAC, London)

Your Face Here’s Gladiatrix (at the Pleasance, Upstairs, Edinburgh Fringe Festival)

The Eden Project’s Mexican Day of the Dead (at the Eden Project, Cornwall)

 

Performances filmed and edited by James Nutt:

Spymonkey’s Stiff (at the Komedia, Brighton)

Spymonkey’s Cooped (at the Komedia, Brighton)

 

Literature from Ecole Philippe Gaulier including articles and editorials written by Philippe Gaulier as well as excerpts from his forthcoming book.