Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain by Peacock, L.

Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230364134)

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Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain by Peacock, L.

Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain

$109.99
Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain by Peacock, L.

Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain

$109.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: L. Peacock
ISBN-10: 0230364136
ISBN-13: 9780230364134
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2014
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d
By L. Peacock
By L. Peacock
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Louise Peacock is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Practice at the University of Hull, UK, where she teaches a range of courses related to comedy in popular performance. She is the author of Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance.

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