Other Performing Arts

A celebration of the legendary comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy through collectibles and memorabilia, this definitive (and humorous) book...

Worlds of the Ring is a groundbreaking exploration of the interwar European circus scene, focusing on the German Sarrasani and British Bertram W. M...

Cocktails and romantic comedies have a lot in commontheyre delightfully indulgent, and the good ones will be perennial classics. Sleepless in Sangr...

This handbook tackles the understudied relationship between music and comedy cinema by analysing the nature, perception, and function of music from...

This anthology of essays aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world. Th...

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre. The discussions in this book borrow from the literature on dementias represe...

What are the barriers to womens participation in live comedy, and how are these barriers maintained in the digital era?In this book, Ellie Tomsett ...

Satire reconsiders the entertainment, political dissent and comic social commentary created by innovative writers and directors since this theatric...

Romantic comedies have had an incredible influence on popular culture, shaping everything from how we think of relationships to fashion. Often swep...

* DELUXE PACKAGE: Special effects cover with metallic stock and leopard pattern creates a very Elle Woods package -- it's an explosion of pink powe...

Let your lobster know how much you love them with this officially licensed, charming DIY gift book, inspired by Friends.Whether you and your other ...

In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of Brit...

At only eighteen months old, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water, resulting in third-degree burns...

In this rich, imaginative survey of variety musical theater, Gillian M. Rodger masterfully chronicles the social history and class dynamics of the ...

This is an Element book about stand-up comedy and public speech. It focuses on the controversies generated when the distinction between the two bre...

This is an Element book about stand-up comedy and public speech. It focuses on the controversies generated when the distinction between the two bre...

Spread Christmas cheer everywhere you go with this joyful spirit clausometer from the iconic movie Elf.* Specifications: 3-inch functional spirit c...

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWhatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, m...

'A big hit of dopamine' EMILY GIFFIN*The instant New York Times bestseller!*****She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?Emma ha...

Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the late twentieth century, see...

*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A hilarious breath of fresh air' AMY SCHUMER'A razor-sharp dissection of cultural differences. And yes, it's side-splitt...

The Prater a centerpiece of Viennese history as a reflection of changing times The Prater represents like no other place the history of Vienna a...

Plan out your whole day: two hours spent making snow angels, then ice skating, then eating a whole roll of cookie dough as fast as you can, and the...

What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing arts?Drawing on semiotic d...

What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing arts?Drawing on semiotic d...

SHEMP! THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE THREE STOOGES' SHEMP HOWARD, THE FACE OF FILM COMEDY

  There's a naughty Santa Claus out to sabotage Christmas! How can the real Santa expect boys and girls to be good when there ...

This book looks at television comedy, drawn from across the UK and Ireland, and ranging chronologically from the 1980s to the 2020s. It explores de...

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true wh...

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-rangingperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluati...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...