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The Birth of Comedy: Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486-280 Jeffrey Rusten (Cornell University) 9781421421186
RRP: €51.60SciFier: €38.83Aside from the well-known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings... -
Make 'em Laugh! by Zeke Jarvis (Eureka College, USA)
SciFier: €100.19This lighthearted and eye-opening book explores the role of comedy in cultural and political critiques of American society from the past century. This unprecedented look at the history of satire... -
The Art of Laurel and Hardy by Kyp Harness
RRP: €26.39SciFier: €23.41From the innocent days of young television came Laurel and Hardy, a comedy team that created slapstick hilarity from life's simplest situations. Seventy some years after their heyday, Arthur Stanley... -
New York Burlesque by Roy Kemp
RRP: €38.39SciFier: €31.14Roy Kemp's previously unpublished burlesque portfolio presents thirty-nine dancers performing in authentic clubs and backstage settings in 1950s New York. This nostalgic collection includes nearly... -
Understanding Comedy through College Comedies by Norman Kagan
SciFier: €46.79Understanding Comedy through College Comedies explains the nature of comedy through the study of college comedy films, including classics (College, The Freshman); romantic/screwball comedies (Where... -
Historic Photos of the Opry by Jim McGuire
RRP: €34.79SciFier: €25.31Called "The Mother Church of Country Music," the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors on 5th Avenue to move into new quarters at Opryland USA... -
Ken Ludwig's Midsummer/Jersey by Ken Ludwig
SciFier: €20.39Midsummer/Jersey is the hilarious high-octane re-telling of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modern-day New Jersey. The story revolves around the... -
Too Many Cooks by Marcia Kash
SciFier: €18.23It's 1932 in Niagara Falls, Canada, where the rum-running business is at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter, Honey, have risked everything they have to open a... -
Carry Me Kate by Rachel Musgrove
SciFier: €12.83When Kate and Dave meet at their mutual friend's Tupperware party, they have no idea that the chance encounter will change the course of their lives forever. Cue a disastrous first date, a mini-break... -
Dreams from a Summerhouse by Alan Ayckbourn
SciFier: €14.52A musical which provides roles for eight actors/singers, combining the work of Alan Ayckbourn with John Pattison's fully integrated score (published separately) that ranges from the operatic to pop... -
The Seagull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
SciFier: €14.52Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573014000Author Anton Pavlovich ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 64I -
Body Knowledge: Performance, Intermediality, and American Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Mary Simonson 9780199898039
SciFier: €41.21In the early twentieth century, female performers regularly appeared on the stages and screens of American cities. Though advertised as dancers, mimics, singers, or actresses, they often exceeded... -
Amy Schumer and Philosophy by Charlene Elsby
RRP: €17.99SciFier: €12.55Why read a book about Amy Schumer and philosophy? After all, Amy Schumer is primarily known as a comedian, though she is also an actor, writer, and producer. One reason is that it will be... -
The Charley Chase Talkies by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: €106.19Charley Chase began his film career in early 1913 working as a comedian, writer, and director at the Al Christie studios under his real name, Charles Parrott. Chase then joined Mack Sennett's... -
Too Bold for the Box Office by Cynthia J. Miller
SciFier: €109.33Although considered a relatively new genre, the mockumentary has existed nearly as long as filmmaking itself and has become one of the most common forms of film and television comedy today. In order... -
Robin Dave Itzkoff 9781250214812
RRP: €28.79SciFier: €18.64Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250214812Author Dave ItzkoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint -
A Vulgar Art: A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy Ian Brodie 9781628461824
SciFier: €86.70In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because... -
Dead Funny: The Humor of American Horror David Gillota 9781978834163
RRP: €33.59SciFier: €27.07Horror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also garner plenty of laughs. In fact, there is a long tradition of horror directors who are fluent in humor, from James Whale to John Landis to... -
Performing in Comedy: A Student's Guide Ian Wilkie (University of London Institute for Education) 9781138913875
SciFier: €184.36Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset. By exploring the ways in which performance choices and improvised moments can work in conjunction... -
Provocation in Popular Culture Bim Mason (Circomedia, UK) 9781138852495
SciFier: €184.36What role can provocation play in the process of renewal, both of individuals and of societies? Provocation in Popular Culture is an investigation into the practice of specific provocateurs and the... -
Acting Comedy Christopher Olsen 9781138891401
SciFier: €184.36Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can't be taught. At best it is often described as a... -
Taboo Comedy: Television and Controversial Humour Chiara Bucaria 9781137593375
SciFier: €123.59The essays in this collection explore taboo and controversial humour in traditional scripted (sitcoms and other comedy series, animated series) and non-scripted forms (stand-up comedy, factual and... -
Singing Simpkin and other Bawdy Jigs by Roger Clegg
RRP: €42.00SciFier: €40.19A popular crowd-pleaser in the late 16th and mid-17th century, the dramatic jig was a short, comic, bawdy musical-drama which included elements of dance, slapstick and disguise. With a cast of... -
The Papers of Will Rogers: The Early Years, November 1879-April 1904 Will Rogers 9780806127453
SciFier: €67.24Horses, friends, ragtime music, and steer roping-those were the interests of the youthful Will Rogers as he came of age in the Indian Territory and traveled to the Southern Hemisphere in this first... -
Comedy Tonight! by Jay Malarcher
RRP: €35.94SciFier: €27.07For centuries scholars, philosophers, and practitioners have attempted to explain just what constitutes comedy, and though no one has come close to a definitive explanation, each attempt highlights... -
Vaudeville Humor by Ed Lowry
RRP: €27.54SciFier: €17.65Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by... -
The Papers of Will Rogers: The Final Years, August 1928-August 1935 Will Rogers 9780806137681
SciFier: €67.03This fifth and final volume of The Papers of Will Rogers traces the career of Oklahoma's beloved entertainer during his most popular years and extends beyond his death in 1935. By 1928, the Oklahoma... -
The Stewart/Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News Amarnath Amarasingam 9780786458868
SciFier: €19.48The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have attracted much interest in recent years from popular audiences as well as scholars in various disciplines. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen... -
The Screwball Comedy Films by Duane Byrge
RRP: €26.39SciFier: €23.41My Man Godfrey, Four's a Crowd, My Favorite Wife, The Devil and Miss Jones--for their inspired blend of slapstick humor with casual elegance and witty repartee, these movies are examples of what... -
Beyond a Joke Derek Benfield 9780573110276
SciFier: €14.52Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573110276Author Derek BenfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint -
Coarse Acting Strikes Back by Michael Green
SciFier: €14.52Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573100093Author Michael GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint -
Tiptoe Through the Tombstones Norman Robbins 9780573019173
SciFier: €14.52Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573019173Author Norman RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 75Imprint -
Digging Up Mother by Doug Stanhope
SciFier: €17.09Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306825385Author Doug StanhopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint -
Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics Linda Mizejewski 9780292756915
RRP: €54.00SciFier: €45.13Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten... -
Funny As by Paul Horan
RRP: €59.94SciFier: €37.18From the Kiwi Concert Party to The Topp Twins, Billy T. James to Rose Matafeo, Fred Dagg to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealanders have made each other laugh in ways distinctive to these islands. ... -
No Laughing Matter by C. W. Marshall (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada)
SciFier: €55.19No Laughing Matter is a wide-ranging collection of new studies of the comic theatre of Athens, from its origins until the 340s BCE. Fifteen international scholars employ an array of approaches and... -
The Comic Event: Comedic Performance from the 1950s to the Present Professor Judith Roof (Rice University, USA) 9781501354885
SciFier: €44.39The Comic Event approaches comedy as dynamic phenomenon that involves the gathering of elements of performance, signifiers, timings, tones, gestures, previous comic bits, and other self-conscious... -
Beginning Tap Dance Lisa Lewis 9781450411981
RRP: €39.60SciFier: €36.60Beginning Tap Dance With HKPropel Access introduces students to tap dance techniques and cultivates an appreciation of tap dance as a performing art. Focusing on novice dancers, experienced tap... -
All Joking Aside: American Humor and Its Discontents Rebecca Krefting (Assistant Professor, Skidmore College) 9781421414300
SciFier: €27.59In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption. Some jokes are tears... -
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier Alan Zweibel 9781419735288
RRP: €23.99SciFier: €20.68With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, Alan Zweibel traces the history of American comedy Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to...