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BAGGY PANTS COMEDY
BURLESQUE AND THE ORAL TRADITION |
| By: |
Andrew Davis |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137378727 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137378729 |
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| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
8 January, 2014 |
| Series: |
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America, Davis explores the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. |
| Synopsis: |
The first full-length study of comedy on the burlesque stage, this book takes the reader inside the burlesque houses of the 1930s, looks at the role comedy played in an entertainment form known mostly for striptease, and explores how these sketch performers approached their craft. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2012 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |