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Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain (2014)

Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain (2014)

by Peacock, L
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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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BrandPalgrave Macmillan
Pub dateJan 1, 2014
ISBN-101349349291
ISBN-139781349349296
Paperback192.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.5 × 0.42 × 5.5 in
Weight1 lb
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