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Lessons in Laughter : The Autobiography of a Deaf Actor
author
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Bragg, Bernard.; Bergman, Eugene.
publisher
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Gallaudet University Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9780930323462
ebook isbn13
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9780585104850
language
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English
subject
Bragg, Bernard,--1928- , Actors--United States--Biography, Deaf--United States--Biography, Authors, American--20th century--Biography, National Theatre of the Deaf.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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PN2287.B6827A3 1989eb
ddc
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792/.028/092
subject
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Bragg, Bernard,--1928- , Actors--United States--Biography, Deaf--United States--Biography, Authors, American--20th century--Biography, National Theatre of the Deaf.
Page ii
Also by the authors Tales from a Clubroom
Page iii
Lessons in Laughter
The Autobiography of a Deaf Actor
Bernard Bragg
as signed to EUGENE BERGMAN
Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C.
Page iv
1989 by Bernard Bragg and Eugene Bergman. All rights reserved.
First edition
Published 1989. Second printing, 1990.
Printed in the United States of America
Cover photograph by Hal Roth.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bragg, Bernard, 1928 Lessons in laughter: the autobiography of a deaf actor / by Bernard Bragg as signed to Eugene Bergman. p. cm. ISBN 0-930323-46-7 1. Bragg, Bernard, 1928 . 2. ActorsUnited StatesBiography. 3. DeafUnited StatesBiography. 4. Authors, American20th centuryBiography. I. National Theatre of the Deaf. II. Bergman, Eugene. III. Title. PN2287.B6827A3 1989 792'.028'092-dc20 [B] 89-1493 CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Page v
To my mother whose gentleness was her strength, And to my father who did not go gentle into that good night.
Page vii
Contents
Preface
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
x
Authors' Note
xiii
One The Stage Is Set
1
Two The Rehearsal
34
Three Tryouts
73
Four The Premiere
111
Five Reviews
136
Six The World Tour
150
Seven New Scripts
186
Eight Denouement
218
Page viii
Preface
I am a storyteller. I don't write stories, I perform them. The very telling of stories is what fascinates me because it involves an audiencea live one. More often than not, the telling can be what makes a story a storywhat a story is meant to bewhat it has got to be. The facts of a story alone are never completely satisfactory; it is the meshing of the facts with the manner of their telling that breathes life into what otherwise would be merely a straightforward, factual reporting of events.
I see stories in my everyday life. I see them everywhere. I spin stories as I go along. I read stories into nearly everything. Or rather, they unfold themselves right before my eyes. But to me, stories live only when I perform them dramatically in sign and mime before an audience. They disappear into thin air after I have acted them outexcept when they are transferred to print.
A longtime friend and colleague of mine, Gene Bergman, has a feel for words and a flair for matching them with my storytelling performance, so by joining forces we were able to produce this book. Each one of my stories is true. Up until now, they have vanished once the curtain has fallen, but no more. Each will live on here.
BERNARD BRAGG
Page ix
Acknowledgments
We owe thanks to Edna S. Levine for encouraging us to write this book, and to Harlan Lane for writing the Introduction. We also wish to express our appreciation to Ivey Pittle, Bruce White, Pat Hurt-Ritenburg, Ernest Moncada, Catherine Kalbacher, Kathee Christensen, Russell Astley, Martin Sternberg, Donna Chitwood, and Peggy Hansen for their sensitive and probing criticism. Last, but not least, we are in debt to Gene's wife, Claire, for the patience and good humor with which she endured our long hours of working together, and to David Seltzer and Sabrina Bergman for their witty comments, which enlivened our collaboration.
Page x
Introduction
Hearing people frequently ask me to explain what constitutes deaf culture. Now I can direct them to this engrossing autobiographical montage of stories told in sign language by America's leading deaf theater artist, Bernard Bragg, and rendered into English with great brio by Eugene Bergman.
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