Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain

by Louise Peacock

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1349349291

ISBN13:9781349349296

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.51 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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