Edward Nye is Associate Professor of French, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. He has published books and articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, theatre, dance, mime, and sport.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and references; Introduction; 1. Pierrots before Deburau: The history of Pierroterie; 2. The images of Deburau: portrait of the saltimbanque as an artist; 3. Staging and mime at the Théâtre des Funambules; 4. Laughing at or with colonialism?; 5. Deburau in the literature of his lifetime; 6. Deburau’s legacy; Select bibliography; Pantomimes performed at the Théâtre des Funambules; Other primary literature; Secondary literature; Index

Edward Nye is Associate Professor of French, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. He has published books and articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, theatre, dance, mime, and sport.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and references; Introduction; 1. Pierrots before Deburau: The history of Pierroterie; 2. The images of Deburau: portrait of the saltimbanque as an artist; 3. Staging and mime at the Théâtre des Funambules; 4. Laughing at or with colonialism?; 5. Deburau in the literature of his lifetime; 6. Deburau’s legacy; Select bibliography; Pantomimes performed at the Théâtre des Funambules; Other primary literature; Secondary literature; Index

Edward Nye is Associate Professor of French, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. He has published books and articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, theatre, dance, mime, and sport.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and references; Introduction; 1. Pierrots before Deburau: The history of Pierroterie; 2. The images of Deburau: portrait of the saltimbanque as an artist; 3. Staging and mime at the Théâtre des Funambules; 4. Laughing at or with colonialism?; 5. Deburau in the literature of his lifetime; 6. Deburau’s legacy; Select bibliography; Pantomimes performed at the Théâtre des Funambules; Other primary literature; Secondary literature; Index