Comedy 49

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It……続きを見る

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: THE SERIOUSLY FUNNY LIFE OF GEORGE CARLIN 続きを見る

“O Natal Recontado pelos Ministros do Riso” narra a história do nascimento de Jesus, começando com a visita inesperada de um anjo todo azul à maria. Durante a contação da história o Anjo é auxiliado……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered who made the call on imperial measurements, collective nouns for animals, horoscopes and Olympic sports? What were they thinking? And why do parents insist on naming their chi……続きを見る

Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors: A Psycho-Semiotic Analysis uses semiotics along psychoanalytic to offer a granular analysis of one of Shakespeare’s funniest and most interesting comedies. It is dist……続きを見る

Un semplice evento, come la ricarica del cellulare, stravolge il quieto vivere e l’ordinaria routine di una famiglia contadina siciliana, agrigentina che vive in maniera semplice, coltivando da sé i……続きを見る

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 contin……続きを見る

Questo libro – allucinato e accorato, comico e poetico, alla ricerca del senso - si dibatte tra disperazione e speranza. La morte – le guerre, la morte procurata – vi si insinua insistentemente (“am……続きを見る

Comédie en trois actes représentés pour la première fois à la Comédie des Champs-Élysées, le 8 novembre 1929, avec la mise en scène de Louis Jouvet. 続きを見る

Joe Weber and Lew Fields were the dominant musical comedy team at the turn of the last century. They created classic comedic characters and routines and formed their own theatrical troupe, running a……続きを見る

Sarah Bosetti hat einen Weg gefunden, die Demokratie zu retten: mit Poesie gegen Populismus! Wohin man schaut: Weltuntergang. Doch Klimawandel, Krieg und Krisen wären zu meistern, wenn die Menschen ……続きを見る

Découvrez l'envers du décor de la série humoristique Kaamelott et les plus grands mystères que sa production recèle ! S'immergeant dans les coulisses de création, les ambitions et les contraintes de……続きを見る

Scott Sedita's Ultimate Guide To Making It In Hollywood lays out everything an actor needs to know to launch and maintain an Acting career in any "Industry City." Tapping into his forty years of exp……続きを見る

Der Tartuffe oder Der Betrüger ist eine fünfaktige Komödie in Versen des französischen Dichters Molière, die am 12. Mai 1664 in einer ersten Version uraufgeführt wurde. Zur Handlung: Frau Pernelle, ……続きを見る

Die Geschichte spielt sich in Paris ab. Der reiche und geizige Harpagon hat zwei Kinder: Élise, die in Valère verliebt ist, einen ehrenwerten Napolitaner, der als Intendant im Dienst ihres Vaters st……続きを見る

From master comedian Mark Schiff, a long-time touring partner of Jerry Seinfeld, comes a hilarious account of decades of foolery with comedy and acting legends and how he honed his mensch skills in ……続きを見る

Está demostrado científicamente que la risa y el sentido del humor influyen muy positivamente no sólo en nuestro estado de ánimo, sino en la salud en general, así que nada mejor que una buena dosis ……続きを見る

Why is this woman named Viva applying for a job at this company? She doesn't even know what they do here! And Todd and Connie from Human Resources-why do they keep asking her questions when her answ……続きを見る

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 'The Duenna: A Comic Opera' is a delightful and humorous work that exemplifies the comedic style popular in 18th century theatre. The play follows the story of the young ……続きを見る

In 'The Ghost Breaker', a curated anthology by Charles Goddard and Paul Dickey, readers are invited into a realm where the supernatural intersects with the mortal world, through a tapestry of narrat……続きを見る

'Op zondagmorgen neem ik weleens de tijd om wat te mediteren: wie ben ik? Wat doe ik hier? Wat is leven? Vaak kom ik tot dezelfde gedachte. Wie leven wil, moet beginnen met erin te geloven. Wat moet……続きを見る

a comic about dinosaurs supporting one another through life from the international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy, @dinosaurcouch including exclusive, never-before-seen bonus comics dinosa……続きを見る

"Great, funny book. Check it out. I've got mine!" - Ronnie "The Limo Driver" Mund, The Howard Stern Show You'll be thoroughly entertained and in awe of how comedian Claudia Stavola's raucous sarcasm……続きを見る

This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations, and become po……続きを見る

In 'Moisasurs Zauberfluch' von Ferdinand Raimund geht es um die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes, der durch einen bösen Zauber in die Gestalt eines hässlichen Zwerges verwandelt wird. Das Buch zeichne……続きを見る

• Ridiculous Theatre still performing his reportoire today • Countless productions worldwide • Successful New York production of Irma Vep still running in New York • HC edition of complete plays ava……続きを見る

Analyzing sport through the lens of performance and theorizing performance through the lens of sport, Sport and Performance in the Twenty-First Century offers a field intervention, a series of in-de……続きを見る

An insider’s look at the power of comedy to effect social change From Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show and Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act, to Issa Rae’s Insecure and Corey Ryan Forrester’s Twitter feed, tod……続きを見る

In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do……続きを見る

Looney Tunes cartoons, writes celebrated television critic Jaime Weinman, are the high-water mark of American filmed comedy. Surreal, irreverent, philosophical, and riotously funny, they have mainta……続きを見る