Baggy Pants Comedy : Burlesque and the Oral Tradition

Name: Baggy Pants Comedy
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137378729
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9781137378729

by A. Davis

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

ISBN-10 1137378727

ISBN-13 9781137378729

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 8th, 2014

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 458 grams

Dimensions 23.40 x 15.40 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)Performing arts: comedy Variety shows, music hall, cabaret Other performing arts Comedy and stand-up

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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.

Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America, Baggy Pants Comedy 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 not on scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. The book opens a long-neglected area of American folklore, presenting transcripts of dozens of fondly-remembered routines like "Who''s On First" and "Niagara Falls (Slowly I Turned)," as well as long-forgotten classics in print for the first time.

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