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• Author(s): Regina Barreca • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralFirst published in 1988, the 19 original essays (and three "Sylvia" cartoons) included in this volume deal with the gender-specific nature of comedy...

• Author(s): Greg DePaul • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Focal Press • BISAC: Film & VideoA sharp, funny book about comedy screenwriting from a successful screenwriter that uses recent - as in this century - movies you'...

• Author(s): Manuel J. Gomez-Lara | Maria Jose Mora | Paula De Pando Mena • Publisher: Teneo Press • Publisher Imprint: Teneo Press • BISAC: Theater - History & CriticismThe present work is set in the context of a long-term venture: The Resto...

• Author(s): Rob Durham • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: ComedyRob Durham has written a book on the ins and outs of being a stand-up comic. Hilariou...

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: GeneralThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...

• Author(s): Ben Jonson | Gabriele B. Jackson • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshRenaissance comedy. Complete text, modernized English, critical and exp...

• Author(s): Joanne R. Gilbert • Publisher: Wayne State University Press • Publisher Imprint: Wayne State University Press • BISAC: Comedy A rhetorical analysis of female stand-up comics that explores the relationships among humor, gender, and po...

• Author(s): Aristophanes | Nicolas Louis Artaud • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: GeneralThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurre...

• Author(s): Ludvig Holberg • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: GeneralComedier, Volume 2 presents a collection of classic comedies by Ludvig Holberg, a central figure in Danish literature. This volume showcases Holbe...

• Author(s): Harry James Smith • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: GeneralSet in the glamorous world of the New York fashion scene, 'A Tailor-Made Man' is a hilarious comedy of errors about mistaken ...

• Author(s): Patrick McGilligan • Publisher: Harper Perennial • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsFrom the Back CoverA deeply textured and compelling portrait of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his ...

• Author(s): L. Platt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Genres & Styles - MusicalsThis book offers the first full historical treatment of a music theatre that was once at the centre of London's West End. F...

• Author(s): Alfred L. Martin • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesSince slavery, African and African American humor has baffled, intrigued, angered, and entertained the masses....

• Author(s): Henry Benjamin Wheatley • Publisher: Hansebooks • Publisher Imprint: Hansebooks • BISAC: LiteraryEvery Man in His Humour - A Comedy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the li...

• Author(s): Anne Odeke • Publisher: Nick Hern Books • Publisher Imprint: Nick Hern Books • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - FeministAn inspiring account of bravery, beauty and belonging It's 1908. Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Princess Dinubolu of Seneg...

• Author(s): Ludvig Holberg | Jr. Campbell Oscar J. | Frederic Schenck • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: PoliticalThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its a...

• Author(s): Chris Ritchie • Publisher: Methuen Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Methuen Publishing • BISAC: ComedyComedy is a global multibillion dollar industry and it is also one of the easiest ones to get into. Performing Live Comedy is for an...

• Author(s): Rachel Brittain • Publisher: Concord Theatricals • Publisher Imprint: Concord Theatricals • BISAC: Type - ComedyComedy / Casting: 3 male, 2 female When low morale threatens the Toronto branch of Chime Communications Canada, five ordi...

• Author(s): Bob Newhart • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsThe first book ever from an icon of American comedy -- a hilarious combination of stories fro...

• Author(s): John Gassner • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: SpeechesThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks...

• Author(s): Norman Krasna • Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC • Publisher Imprint: Literary Licensing, LLC • BISAC: General

• Author(s): Oscar Wilde • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: GeneralThe Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People it is a farcic...

• Author(s): Gene Perret • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Form - Parodies"If I miss practice one day, I notice it; if I miss practice for two days, ...

• Author(s): Julian Sturgis • Publisher: Hansebooks • Publisher Imprint: Hansebooks • BISAC: LiteraryComedy of a Country House - Vol. II. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literatur...

• Author(s): Ludvig Holberg • Publisher: Book Jungle • Publisher Imprint: Book Jungle • BISAC: GeneralLudvig Holberg was an 18th century Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright. Holberg is considered the founder of moder...

• Author(s): Terence | Jules Marouzeau • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: GeneralThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographi...

• Author(s): Mike Donovan • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: ComedyThis is the 16-font edition of The Stand-Up Comedy Book.

• Author(s): Peter D. Arnott | Samuel H. Beer | O. B. Hardison Jr • Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC • Publisher Imprint: Literary Licensing, LLC • BISAC: General

• Author(s): I.Q. Hunter • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismBritish comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably...

• Author(s): John Stanley • Publisher: BearManor Media • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media • BISAC: Film - GeneralJourney into a world of comedy featuring some of the best comedians and comediennes of a different time and place. Dozens of encoun...

• Author(s): John Fletcher • Publisher: Anson Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Anson Street Press • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshRediscover the sparkling wit and sharp social commentary of Francis Beaumont's 17th-century come...

• Author(s): H. E. Bates • Publisher: Samuel French • Publisher Imprint: Samuel French • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshPop Larkin, who makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax, lives in rural idyllic ...

• Author(s): Amanda Aksel • Publisher: Berkley Books • Publisher Imprint: Berkley Books • BISAC: Women"Good sarcastic banter, discussions of top comedians and enough food descriptions to make me salivate."--USA Today Two down-on-their-luck comedi...

• Author(s): Ian Brodie • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi • BISAC: ComedyTHE FIRST EXAMINATION OF STAND-UP COMEDY THROUGH THE LENS OF FOLKLORE In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkl...