Discovering the Clown, Or the Funny Book of Good Acting
Title | Discovering the Clown, Or the Funny Book of Good Acting PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Bayes |
Publisher | Theatre Communications Group |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2019-07-16 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781559365611 |
A must-have guide for actors both young and old.
Acting Funny
Title | Acting Funny PDF eBook |
Author | Frances N. Teague |
Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780838635247 |
Finally, these assumptions lead to the corollary that such hierarchies are natural and immutable and not fashioned by critics.
Disappearing Tricks
Title | Disappearing Tricks PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Solomon |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0252076974 |
This work revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. The author treats cinema and stage magic as overlapping practices that together revise our understanding of the origins of motion pictures and cinematic spectacle.
Drama Menu
Title | Drama Menu PDF eBook |
Author | Glyn Trefor-Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781848422858 |
Packed full of drama games, ideas and suggestions, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers.
Funny: The Book
Title | Funny: The Book PDF eBook |
Author | David Misch |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2012-04-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1557839662 |
Funny: The Book is an entertaining look at the art of comedy, from its historical roots to the latest scientific findings, with diversions into the worlds of movies (Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers), television (The Office), prose (Woody Allen, Robert Benchley), theater (The Front Page), jokes and stand-up comedy (Richard Pryor, Steve Martin), as well as personal reminiscences from the author's experiences on such TV programs as Mork and Mindy. With allusions to the not-always-funny Carl Jung, George Orwell, and Arthur Koestler, Funny: The Book explores the evolution, theories, principles, and practice of comedy, as well as the psychological, philosophical, and even theological underpinnings of humor, coming to the conclusion that (Spoiler Alert!) Comedy is God.
Teen Boys' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny
Title | Teen Boys' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny PDF eBook |
Author | Alisha Gaddis |
Publisher | Applause Theatre & Cineam Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781480396791 |
TEEN BOYS' COMEDIC MONOLOGUES THAT ARE ACTUALLY FUNNY
Funny Business
Title | Funny Business PDF eBook |
Author | Marsh Cassady |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
Twenty-two one-act plays and sketches demonstrating comedy techniques. Comedy relies upon exaggeration incongruity, automatism, character inconsistency, surprise and derision. Now a book that defines and demonstrates each of these devices with twenty-two short sketches and one-act plays.