Photo Blast from the Past: Marcel Marceau by Walter McBride

Today, we're featuring Marcel Marceau in 1983. Marceau joined Jean-Louis Barrault's company and was soon cast in the role of Arlequin in the pantomime, Baptiste which Barrault had interpreted in the film Les Enfants du Paradis. In 1947 Marceau created Bip the Clown and was first played at the Thtre de Poche Pocket Theatre in Paris. In his appearance he wore a striped pullover and a battered, beflowered silk opera hat…

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