Comedy 66

They called it a show about nothing. But nothing was ever that simple. Seinfeld didn't follow the rules of television. It avoided growth, ignored resolution, and turned the smallest details of every……続きを見る

A thoughtful exploration of the work of this unique comedian and writer. Caroline Aherne was one of the most influential and beloved of British comedians. In this book David Scott explores Aherne’s ……続きを見る

Jester Prince is the story of The Flying Karamazov Brothers comedy/theatre/musical/juggling troupe and their rise from San Francisco street corners and Renaissance Fairs to Broadway, television, fil……続きを見る

This volume is the first book-length study of 21st-century English-language cringe humor on screen and in digital media. The book includes quantitative and qualitative analyses of verbal and multimo……続きを見る

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This book presents a new way of understanding verbal humour. Drawing on contemporary theories of language and mind, it explores and explains how the language of humour works both in a text and in a ……続きを見る

Across cultures and across history, people have used political satire to call out abuses of power, manipulation, deception, and absurdity. While there are examples of satire everywhere, its growth a……続きを見る

Comedy drama for two actors by Gruffudd Owen. Lowri's determined to survive her brother's wedding day while Idris misses his old best friend as he comes back to Llŷn for Dafydd and Samantha's big da……続きを見る

How does a girl from a strict Pakistani working-class family in Birmingham become Britain's first Muslim female stand-up comedian? When Shazia Mirza was growing up - this was an impossibility. Asian……続きを見る

Now Act! is a unique collection of personal essays with preparation processes and career advice from diverse working actors, acting coaches, casting directors, and other industry pros. By Actors, Fo……続きを見る

«Quiero contarles mis vivencias y aventuras en la música, el cine y la televisión, y compartirles el sentimientos de que, en un medio tan difícil y descarnado como lo puede ser el artísitico, se pue……続きを見る

The roots of the Italian commedia dell’arte stretch back to the Atellanae Fabulae, popular farces of ancient Rome. Modern descendants can be found in the antics of a comic like Charles Chaplin. But ……続きを見る

Learn how to cut off someone's nose without hurting him and how to double your pocket money. Make an egg dance and a penny walk, produce feathers and candy from a silk handkerchief, and change a bow……続きを見る

Beloved around the world for his Little Tramp character, Charlie Chaplin was the most famous person on the planet during the early twentieth century, and his popularity endures to this day. Cinephil……続きを見る

Shakespeare's incomparable romantic comedy takes on a new and vivid life in these brilliant images by one of the 20th century's leading illustrators. The fairy world of A Midsummer Night's Dream is ……続きを見る

You've watched great comedians command a room and thought: I could never do that. The timing, the delivery, the effortless laughーsurely that has to be something you're born with. It isn't. In Engin……続きを見る

**How Ivy League elites captured American comedyーand how they unwittingly provoked a populist backlash. From the critically acclaimed author of That Book Is Dangerous!.** When Sarah Silverman stepp……続きを見る