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Getting the Joke by Oliver Double 9781408174609
Booksplease Price: £27.80'This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers. It's too enjoyable. But that, given its subject, is just what it ought to be, and it treats that subject seriously . ... -
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives by Oliver Double 9783030973537
Booksplease Price: £95.78Alternative 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... -
The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy Oliver Double 9781009009737
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £22.25Stand-up comedy is one of the simplest theatre forms in existence. The comedian stands on a (usually) bare stage, talking straight to the audience in the hope of getting laughs. Yet it has never been... -
The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy Oliver Double 9781316518571
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £72.34Stand-up comedy is one of the simplest theatre forms in existence. The comedian stands on a (usually) bare stage, talking straight to the audience in the hope of getting laughs. Yet it has never been... -
Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre by Oliver Double 9780230284593
Booksplease Price: £102.21In the first major academic work to examine British variety theatre, Double provides a detailed history of this art form and analyses its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers,... -
Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre by Oliver Double 9780230284609
RRP: £32.99Booksplease Price: £31.99In the first major academic work to examine British variety theatre, Double provides a detailed history of this art form and analyses its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers,... -
Alternative Comedy: 1979 and the Reinvention of British Stand-Up by Oliver Double 9781350239487
Booksplease Price: £33.49In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it... -
Stand Up: On Being a Comedian Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK) 9780413703200
Booksplease Price: £21.94Stand-Up! is the first book to both analyse the background of stand-up comedy and take us inside the world of being a solo comedian Oliver Double writes a lively history of the traditions of British... -
Ava and Olivia: Double Trouble Twins Ready To Win by Sherina Watkins 9781734510539
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £10.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734510539Author Sherina WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Sherina GibbonsPublisher... -
Performing in Comedy: A Student's Guide Ian Wilkie (University of London Institute for Education) 9781138913882
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £38.79Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset. By exploring the ways in which performance choices and improvised moments can work in conjunction... -
Theatre and Laughter by Eric Weitz 9781137356086
Booksplease Price: £10.29This stimulating introduction to laughter in theatre and performance examines laughter among actors, among audience, and the interaction between the two. Exploring the many uses and effects of... -
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives by Sharon Lockyer
Booksplease Price: £95.78Alternative 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... -
Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy: The Comic 'i' by Susanne Colleary 9781137343895
Booksplease Price: £48.40One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy... -
Victorian Comedy and Laughter: Conviviality, Jokes and Dissent by Louise Lee 9781137578815
Booksplease Price: £112.12This innovative collection of essays is the first to situate comedy and laughter as central rather than peripheral to nineteenth century life. Victorian Comedy and Laughter: Conviviality,Jokes and... -
All Puns Blazing: The Best British Knockout Jokes by Geoff Rowe
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41I don't like to brag but I can control a kayak brilliantly. Canoe?'Pardon' is the only French word that I know. I can only apologise.From Geoff Rowe and the Leicester Comedy Festival comes this... -
A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up by Chris Head
RRP: £25.99Booksplease Price: £24.39Stand-up: it's the ultimate solo art form. Yet, behind the scenes, you will increasingly find the shadowy figure of a director. For comics themselves and for those who support them, this is the first... -
Popular Performance by Adam Ainsworth
Booksplease Price: £106.08There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause... -
Popular Performance by Adam Ainsworth 9781350089686
Booksplease Price: £39.13There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause... -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen by Chris Head
Booksplease Price: £80.33This 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... -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen by Chris Head 9781350155756
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.39This 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... -
The Cambridge Footlights: A Very British Comedy Institution Robert Sellers 9781350412187
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.69In the league table of the funniest universities in the world, Cambridge wears the crown. Home of Britain's oldest student sketch comedy troupe, the Cambridge Footlights, it has been a veritable...