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Author:
Davis, Andrew, 1952-
Title:
Baggy pants comedy : burlesque and the oral tradition / Andrew Davis.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Burlesque (Theater)--United States--History--20th century.
Stand-up comedy--United States--History--20th century.
Comedy sketches--United States--History--20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.
PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Baggy Pants Comedy takes readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America to explore 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 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"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
ISBN:
0230116795
9780230116795
OCLC:
(OCoLC)703209400
LCCN:
2011017477
Locations:
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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