{"product_id":"the-victorian-clown-jacky-bratton-9780521816663","title":"The Victorian Clown","description":"Previously unpublished manuscripts--James Frowde's account of his young life with the famous Henglers' circus in the 1850s and Thomas Lawrence's 1871 gag book--offer unique, unmediated access to the grass roots of popular entertainment. Through them this book explores the role of the circus clown at the height of equestrian entertainment in Britain, when the comic generated audience attention for the riders and acrobats, by parodying their skills in his own tumbling and contortionism, and also offered a running commentary on the times through his own 'wheezes' or stand-up comedy sets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacky Bratton, Ann Featherstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521816661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521816663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.34w x 0.90d","brand":"Jacky Bratton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119840260351,"sku":"9780521816663","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_745c68be-b212-47af-87f8-ce6e49f367d7.jpg?v=1687411210","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-victorian-clown-jacky-bratton-9780521816663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}