Comments on: Sept. 22 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Marcel Marceau http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/09/22/todays-autonomedia-jubilee-saint-marcel-marceau/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ian Thal http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/09/22/todays-autonomedia-jubilee-saint-marcel-marceau/comment-page-1/#comment-176028 Ian Thal Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:11:50 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=9969#comment-176028 This piece is entitled "The Maskmaker" and I had the pleasure of seeing it on one of his <a href="http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2007/09/marcel-marceau-1923-2007.html" rel="nofollow">last world tours</a>. This is one of those pieces in his repertoire that gained additional drama and subtlety as he continued to perform it well into his 80s. Interesting note is that "Marceau" was a nom-de-guerre that he and his brother adopted to hide from the Nazis and the Vichy French. This piece is entitled “The Maskmaker” and I had the pleasure of seeing it on one of his last world tours. This is one of those pieces in his repertoire that gained additional drama and subtlety as he continued to perform it well into his 80s.

Interesting note is that “Marceau” was a nom-de-guerre that he and his brother adopted to hide from the Nazis and the Vichy French.

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