The first full-length study of comedy on the burlesque stage, this book takesthe reader inside the burlesque houses of the 1930s, looks at the role comedyplayed in an entertainment form known mostly for striptease, and explores howthese sketch performers approached their craft. ANDREW DAVIS Adjunct Assistant Professor ofLiberal Arts & Sciences atOtis College of Art & Design, USA. INDICE: Who's On First - Oral Tradition on the Popular Stage - Pressures of Stock 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 -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11679-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés