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Séverin Cafferra

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French mime (1863–1930)
Séverin as Pierrot, c. 1896, in Séverin, L'Homme Blanc (Paris, 1929)
Happichy: Séverin in Mendès's Chand d'habits!, poster (1896)

Séverin Cafferra, known as Séverin or mime Séverin (1863-1930), was one of the best-known French Pierrots or mime artists around the turn of the twentieth century.

Life

Caffera was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. He studied under the Marseille mime Louis Rouffe (1849-1885), who in turn had studied under Charles Deburau. He worked at Marseilles, then at the Théatre des Funambules in Paris. In his 1929 book, L'Homme Blanc : souvenirs d'un Pierrot, Caffera describes Rouffe as having created a complete language of gesture.

References

  1. "Mime Severin costumed as Pierrot, 1922". University of Washington Libraries. 1922. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. "Séverin Cafferra, dit Séverin". Larousse. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. Tångeberg-Grischin, Maya (2011). "The Techniques of Gesture Language". The Theatre Academy Helsinki (doctoral thesis). Retrieved 16 May 2014.

Bibliography

  • Caffera, Séverin (named simply Séverin as author). L'Homme Blanc : souvenirs d'un Pierrot ("The Man in White: Memories of a Clown"). Introduction and notes by Gustave Fréjaville, Paris, Plon, 1929.
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