Slapstick and Comic Performance Comedy and Pain
Description
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.
Keywords
Performing ArtsTheaterHistory & CriticismFilmTelevisionDanceClassical & BalletHistory
2014Book
Author(s)Louise Peacock
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230364134
LanguageEnglish
