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Theatre Symposium, Vol. 16: Comedy Tonight! (Theatre Symposium Series) by Jay Malarcher; Stanley Vincent Longman; Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian; Steven Dedalus Burch; Patrick Bynane; Diana Calderazzo; Broderick D. V. Chow; Luc Gilleman; Stanley V. Lungman; Christopher S. Morrison; Felicia J. Ruff; Boris Senker; Bihiana S. Horission; Edward Bert Wallace is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Theatre Symposium, Vol. 16: Comedy Tonight! (Theatre Symposium Series) about?
For 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 some distinct facet of the genre—the genre that Woody Allen has said eats at the children's table... even in the world of scholarship. The essays gathered in Volume 16 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium illustrate well the range of material that falls under the heading'comedy'as it is played on stage. Stanley Longman's essay on'The Commedia dell'Arte as the Quintessence of Comedy'introduces us to the inhabitants of'Commediatown,'character types who are descendents of the Greeks and ancestors, it seems, of almost everyone who came after. Boris Senker, an eyewitness to Croatia's evolution from communism to democracy, reports on the all-too-real'Commedia'stereotypes that have found their way onto the stage in his homeland. Other essays address the improvisational nature of'Commedia'; the roots of laughter and the expectations inherent in presenting'old schtick'to a new generation; comedic technique, verbal and physical, in Molière; the use of the macabre to create humor in the'Théâtre
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- Author
- Jay Malarcher; Stanley Vincent Longman; Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian; Steven Dedalus Burch; Patrick Bynane; Diana Calderazzo; Broderick D. V. Chow; Luc Gilleman; Stanley V. Lungman; Christopher S. Morrison; Felicia J. Ruff; Boris Senker; Bihiana S. Horission; Edward Bert Wallace
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press Chicago Distribution Center [distributor
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780817355104
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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