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Offers an analysis of what makes people laugh, and why. This book looks at humour from various possible angles:... Read More >>
Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical... Read More >>
Examines popular culture's reliance on long-standing stereotypes of black men as animalistic, hypersexual, dangerous... Read More >>
"Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of the 1970s, ""I'm Dying Up Here"" is also... Read More >>
This lively biography explores interwar America through Will Rogers, the comedian and commentator who witnessed... Read More >>
Funny, irreverent, and irresistible, This Time Together is filled with engaging anecdotes about Burnett's childhood;... Read More >>
Offering a survey of variety musical theatre, this title chronicles the social history and class dynamics of the... Read More >>
Offers an exploration of a pivotal nineteenth-century theater form. Read More >>
Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed... Read More >>
According to critics of his time, Bert Williams was the Greatest Comedian on the American Stage. A black Bahamian... Read More >>
A true icon of America at a turning point in its history, Gypsy Rose Lee was the first - and only - stripper to... Read More >>
From the early days of minstrelsy to Black Broadway, this book presents the story of African American entertainment... Read More >>
The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns... Read More >>
A versatile performer, Eddie Foy contributed to the development of popular theater from the Civil War to the Roaring... Read More >>
Letterman, Leno, Robin Williams, and many other soon to be stars were once young, broke and funny in 1970s L.A.... Read More >>
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Cody, army scout, Indian fighter, stagecoach driver and buffalo hunter, became an acting sensation with his Wild... Read More >>
"A work by the author of sketches such as ""Hanz and Franz,"" and ""The Subliminal Man""." Read More >>
Whenever stripper Gypsy Rose Lee encountered public criticism, she spoke frankly in her own defense. Frankel's lively... Read More >>
The Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino is easily overlooked by modern-day visitors to the Las Vegas strip. This book... Read More >>
Gypsy Rose Lee was the first - and the only - stripper to become a household name, write novels, and win the adulation... Read More >>
Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking... Read More >>
