Slapstick and Comic Performance

Comedy and Pain

L. Peacock (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-36413-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Introduction PART I: ESTABLISHING A CRITICAL FRAMEWORK 1. What is Slapstick? 2. Structures and Techniques of Slapstick 3. Comedy and Pain PART II: TYPES OF PAIN ANALYSED 4. Accidental Pain 5. Random Pain: Objects and Animals 6. Intentional Pain 7. Real Pain Conclusion Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.7.2014
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 184 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-230-36413-6 / 0230364136
ISBN-13	978-0-230-36413-4 / 9780230364134
Zustand	Neuware