Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy (Paperback)

John Wright

ISBN 10: 0879103434 / ISBN 13: 9780879103439

Verlag: Limelight Editions, New York, 2007

Paperback. (Book). This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms. This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780879103439

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(Book). This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: John Wright is co-founder of Trestle Theatre Company and Told by an Idiot. He is also an inspirational teacher, who has worked with many other theater companies, including Complicite.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical ...
Verlag: Limelight Editions, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Paperback
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