Slapstick And Comic Performance: Comedy And Pain
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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.

Hardcover: 184 pages

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2014 edition (July 18, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0230364136

ISBN-13: 978-0230364134

Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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