Performing Arts: Comedy

Mustafa Kirca explores the dark sides of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy by comparing the playwright's characters with those of Chekhov's drama and drawing...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA fascinating and hilarious glimpse into Paul's life at home in the country with his animalsPaul O'Grady's Country Life ...

Cheech Marin came of age at an interesting time in America and became a self-made counterculture legend with his other half, Tommy Chong. This lo...

In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his televi...

In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his televi...

Sam Shepard was arguably Americas finest working dramatist, as well as an accomplished screenwriter, actor, and director. Winner of a Pulitzer Priz...

For all the Superwoman fans out there, this is the ultimate unofficial guide to Lilly Singh and Unicorn Island!Jam-packed with everything you need ...

Though comic women have existed since the days of Baubo, the mythic figure of sexual humor, they have been neglected by scholars and critics. Th...

'Funny, fresh and heart-warming' Stella Newman 'Smart, self-aware, and properly funny' Richard Roper'A dream of a rom-com!' Holly Miller Can you fa...

During the Must See TV 1990s, Americans enjoyed such immensely popular sitcoms as Friends, Seinfeld, Home Improvement and The Drew Carey Show. S...

A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-en...

Good news, Russell Howard fans!It's time to take a butcher's into the mad, rib-tickling, insane yet lovable world of the one of the UK's favourite ...

In Theft by Finding, David Sedaris opened up his written diaries (and himself) to the world in an unprecedented way. Now, in this illustrated volum...

I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the wor...

In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other sh...

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfo...

Featured in the New York Times 2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans Get an insider's oral history of the World's most iconic comedy club, fe...

On 2 January 2013, just a day before Jim Davidson was due to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, he found himself behind far more serious locked...

When the final episode of Seinfeld aired on 14th May 1998, an amazing 76.3 million Americans tuned in, making it the most popular situation comedy ...

Completed before he died, thirty years ago, this is the newly discovered autobiography of one of the most influential comedians of recent times, Ma...

Classic comedy routines and individual gags have been around for literally hundreds of years; the best of these ribticklers making their merry way ...

A chronological listing of the creative output and other antics of the members of the British comedy group Monty Python, both as a group and indivi...