Slapstick and Comic Performance
Comedy and Pain
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
| 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.
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.
