The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style /

"Stebbins begins with a history of stand-up comedy, giving vital background about the industry as it emerged and flourished in the United States and subsequently developed into a popular form of entertainment in Canada. He deals with the nature of comic performance in comedy rooms - cabarets de...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stebbins, Robert A., 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990.
Temas:
Stand-up comedy > Canada.
Comedians > Canada.
Stand-up comedy > United States.
Monologue comique > Canada.
Comiques > Canada.
Monologue comique > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Comedy.
Comedians
Stand-up comedy
Canada
United States
Kanada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 An Art Is Born
  • 2 Stand-up Comedy Comes to Canada
  • 3 Comedy Club Comedy
  • 4 So You Think You're Funny
  • 5 Becoming a Comic
  • 6 The Road
  • 7 The Comedy Business
  • Appendix: Interview Guide for Professional Comics
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y

Ejemplares similares