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9781137357427 | Palgrave Macmillan, July 24, 2014, cover price $90.00
Product Description: The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century. By tracing the history and legacy of the vaudeville era and performance acts, like the Marx Brothers and The Three Keatons, and moving through the silent and early sound films of the early 1930s, the author looks at how comic writer/performers continue to sell a brand of themselves as a form of social commentary in order to confront and dispel stereotypes of race, class, and gender...read more
Hardcover:
9781441132321 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, July 31, 2014, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century.
Paperback:
9781441160874 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, July 31, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century.
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9780435086688 | Heinemann Drama, May 16, 1995, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Whether you are an amateur director in high school or community theatre, an experienced director or a student of theatre or literature, Playing Director will help you get the show to opening night and beyond.
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