Performing Arts: Comedy

Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Evolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War!All of this (except trumpets) and more is covered in thi...

Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book.Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade there have been surprising joys, but also c...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...