Comedy

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573700668Author Zayd DohrnFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Lovin' ain't easy in this one-honky-tonk town, so when the bartender and the bandleader fall for the same dance hall girl, you're in for an evening of showstoppers and toe-tappers, cat fights, and love quadrangles that'll keep any joint jumpin' till way...

Bingo is a splashy, zippy, fun new musical comedy - great for theatres looking to produce a small musical with a big heart. Bingo is about a group of die-hard bingo players who stop at nothing to miss their weekly game. In between the number calling,...

Horror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also garner plenty of laughs. In fact, there is a long tradition of horror directors who are fluent in humor, from James Whale to John Landis to Jordan Peele. So how might horror and humor overlap...

At age twenty-eight, Charlie Chaplin was a millionaire and one of the world's most famous personalities. He had grown rich playing the poorest of men. He was to go on playing unforgettable characters in timeless films, but now the psychology of celebrity...

Confidence is essential for any stand-up comic and having confidence in your material is the first step to having greater confidence on stage. It is said that proper preparation makes for professional performance and this book provides the tools to...

In Sketch Comedy: Identity, Reflexivity, and American Television, Nick Marx examines some of the genre's most memorable-and controversial-moments from the early days of television to the contemporary line-up. Through explorations of sketches from...

This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy narratives for live performance, TV and online. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080378Author Marsh CassadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 327Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 465g

Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and...

Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683966678Author Ernie KovacsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap -- the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive...

'Take Hair' is the third collection of writing and drawing from award winning writer and performer Rob Auton. Take Hair' houses the ideas that Rob wants to exist. The ideas that came to him that he got enough from to want to record them and share them...

Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" The extraordinary emphasis on nervous pathology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989746588Author Stephen HooverFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Stephen HooverPublisher Stephen HooverWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Up-and-coming comics Alex and Ben have been booked in the warm-up spot for a beloved but fading double act's comeback tour. Neither is delighted to be playing to a sparse crowd in a sleepy seaside town - but when it's revealed that a Hollywood director...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956353160Author Philippa PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Bristol Folk PublicationsPublisher Bristol Folk PublicationsDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Well hello to you, Dear Book Peruser and thank you for your kind interest in my book o'Miranda. Here you will find my favourite six scripts, hand-picked from all three series, with introductions by moi, and some other tit-bits, and silliness. Because no...

Hilarious, heartwarming and inspirational, this is the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by comedian Sarah Millican. The funniest book of the year! *****'The naughtiest, helpiest, laughieoutloudiest and goodest book I've ever done reading...

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In the first detailed history of the Cambridge Footlights in over 40 years, Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution of Britain’s oldest student sketch comedy troupe, from its creation in the 1880s to the present.

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Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world, having trained generations of young actors in its history, techniques and performance.

The book is about comedy, the nation, and resistance in Zimbabwe, following the fall of Robert Mugabe in 2017. It explores how satiric comedies and comic texts in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe contest hegemonic narratives of the nation and authorise alternative...

The Art of Drag: A Practical Performers' Handbook is the ultimate guide for all drag kings, queens and queers who want to bring their best to the stage.Filled with a wide range of exercises and advice from working performers, this book is a guide and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250371232Author John WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 191mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250371270Author John WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 191mm *...

The Black Pack: Comedy, Race & Resistance is the first book to chronicle the untold history behind the iconic collaborations between a legendary group of comedians-Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, and Arsenio Hall-who...

'Outstanding, I want to press it into the hands of every newly diagnosed person' Fern Brady'Like a Martian's guide to living on Earth. Funny, enlightening and gobsmacking' Frank Skinner'A hilarious, crystal-clear guide to autism' Phil Wang'An...