Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition
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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Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition
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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Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition

Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition

by A. Davis
Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition

Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition

by A. Davis

Hardcover(2011)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230116795
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 11/03/2011
Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Edition description: 2011
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Andrew Davis is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Otis College of Art and Design, USA.

Table of Contents

Who's On First Oral Tradition on the Popular Stage Pressures of Sk Burlesque Cast and Characters Learning the Business Running the Bits Scenarios, Scripts, and Schemas Double Entendre Flirtations Trickery Brutality Body Scenes The Appeal of Burlesque Comedy
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