Slapstick and Comic Performance

Comedy and Pain

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
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Author: L. Peacock ISBN: 9781137438973
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: July 3, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: L. Peacock
ISBN: 9781137438973
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: July 3, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic.

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