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• Author(s): Oliver Double • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis accessible and insightful volume features chapters from diverse contributor...

• Author(s): Bob McCabe • Publisher: Phoenix • Publisher Imprint: Phoenix • Subject: HistoryGraham Chapman was the quiet, pipe-smoking Python who qualified as a doctorthe policeman's son whose tweedy demeanor belied an anarchic nature. More than ...

• Author(s): Alejandro Angelini • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Acting & AuditioningAlejandro Angelini, pioniere dello Stand Up Comedy e formatore di professionisti in Argentina e Uru...

• Author(s): Aristophanes • Publisher: Wentworth Press • Publisher Imprint: Wentworth Press • BISAC: GeneralThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Th...

• Author(s): Heráclito Cardoso de Oliveira • Publisher: Editions Notre Savoir • Publisher Imprint: Editions Notre Savoir • BISAC: Theater - GeneralCe travail vise � discuter et � r�fl�chir sur la sc�ne th��trale � partir d'une po�tique du corps, ...

• 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): Burke Hilsabeck • Publisher: State University of New York Press • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismDemonstrates that slapstick film comedies display a canny and sometimes pr...

• Author(s): David Bruce • Publisher: David Bruce • Publisher Imprint: David Bruce • BISAC: Form - Anecdotes & QuotationsThis is a short, quick, and easy read.Most of these anecdotes are probably just OK (humor is hard!), but there should be ...

• Author(s): Simon Cavalli • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: ComedyHave You Ever Watch In Awe As Someone Performs Amazing Stand Up Comedy? Ever Thoug...

• Author(s): Stephen Hoover • Publisher: Stephen Hoover • Publisher Imprint: Stephen Hoover • BISAC: ComedyWhy do we laugh? How does comedy work? This book examines the theories from philosophers to scientists on why we need to laugh and how we l...

• Author(s): James V. Morrison • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Comparative LiteratureComedy in Literature and Popular Culture: From Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live explores works of comedy from the past 2,500 ye...

• Author(s): Otto Ernst Schmidt • 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 pic...

• Author(s): Drew McCreadie • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: ComedyYOU WILL NEVER BE FUNNY, but you can learn how to do funny things.Canadian Comedy Award winning improvisor Drew McCreadie...

• Author(s): Jenny Eclair • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group • Publisher Imprint: Little, Brown Book Group • BISAC: Memoirs*Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards* 'Really funny & engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' Kath...

• Author(s): John Moore • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: GeneralAre you ready to get your comedy pump on?For mazillions of years, writers of all kin...

• Author(s): Ian Wilkie • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ComedyThe Routledge Comedy Studies Reader is a selection of the most outstanding critical analysis featured in the journal Comedy Studies in the dec...

• Author(s): Alan H. Sommerstein • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK) • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalThis book brings together fourteen studies by Alan Sommerstein on Aristophanes and his fell...

• Author(s): Ben Jonson • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Alchemist is considered Jonson’s best and most characteristic comedy. It was first performed in 1610 by King’s Men. Samuel Taylor Coleridg...

• Author(s): Lincoln Peirce • Publisher: MixGD • Publisher Imprint: MixGD • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction • BISAC: Comics & Graphic Novels - HumorousA special Big Nate volume including all of the comics from Big Nate: Welcome To My World...

• Author(s): Graeme Dunphy | Rainer Emig • Publisher: Brill • Publisher Imprint: Brill • BISAC: Humor

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureCandida, a classic comedy, was written in 1894. Set in London’s East End during the Victorian era, the play is about the domestic tur...

• Author(s): Keith Sidwell • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalThis book provides a new interpretation of the nature of Old Comedy and its place at the heart of A...

• Author(s): Natalie Diddams • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & HumanitiesThis book positions stand-up comedy as a strategy for women’s empowerment, using...

• Author(s): Dan O'Shannon • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: ComedyIf you're looking for a book that will teach you how to write comedy, we suggest you keep moving. You still have time to pick up a...

• Author(s): Mad Comedy • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - PlacesThe limerick, a form of doggerel poetry that arose from an ancient folk art, has an immediately recog...

• Author(s): Adam Zucker • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshWhat is wit made out of in the comedies of Shakespeare, Jonson, Shirley and their ...

• Author(s): Carlo Goldoni • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: European - GeneralThis collection comprises Volumes 7 and 8 of the comedies of Carlo Goldoni, a pivotal figure in Italian theater. Celebrated for his cont...

• Author(s): Mamudu Anegbe • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: AfricanThe book is a collection of African Ancient comedies (100 percent laughter guarantee.)

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions • Publisher Imprint: British Library, Historical Print Editions • BISAC: GeneralTitle: Caledonia; or, the Pedlar turn'd merchant. A tragi-comedy, as it was acted by H...

• Author(s): Arthur Asa Berger • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ComedyJust as a distinctive literary voice or style is marked by the ease with which it can be parodied, so too can specific aspects of humor...

• Author(s): Lorenzo Logi | J. R. Martin | David Caldwell • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsThis book employs a social semiotic methodology to investigate how comedian...

• Author(s): Regina Barreca • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • 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 natur...

• Author(s): Kim Wedler • Publisher: Tsl Drama • Publisher Imprint: Tsl Drama • BISAC: GeneralCouples, pairs, occasional duals. Actors go head to head in a series of well-seasoned sketches.

• Author(s): Hans S. Reiss | W. E. Yates | Peter Hutchinson • Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis • BISAC: European - GeneralPublic demand for comedy has alwa...

• Author(s): Rashi Bhargava • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge Chapman & Hall • BISAC: Topic - Celebrity & Popular CulturePunching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms, voices and venues of stand-up c...