Behind the Laughs : Community and Inequality in Comedy. by Jeffries, Michael P.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Lights; 1 Chemistry of a Comedian; 2 From Funny to Family; 3 Succeeding at Not Failing; 4 Celebrity in the Making; 5 Privilege, Patriarchy, and Performance; Curtains; Appendix; Notes; 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; Z.…”
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The road to comedy : the films of Bob Hope / Donald W. McCaffrey. by McCaffrey, Donald W.

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Sam Shepard's True West / a production of The Program Development Company, Theatrical Division ; directed by Allan Goldstein ; produced by Howard K. Grossman, John H. Williams.

Comedy tonight! : Broadway picks its favorite plays / edited by Mary Sherwin ; with an introduction by Nancy Stark.

A midsummer night's sex comedy / a Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe production ; produced by Robert Greenhut ; written and directed by Woody Allen. by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

The comedy of errors / William Shakespeare. by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Shakespeare and comedy / R.W. Maslen. by Maslen, R. W.

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Writing Comedy. by Byrne, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Can I Learn to Write Comedy from a Book?; 2 Finding Your Comedy Direction; 3 Basic Joke Writing; 4 Writing Comedy Routines; 5 Sketches, Sitcoms and Scripted Comedy; 6 Your Comedy Writing Career; Appendix: The Comedy Writer's Resource Kit; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y.…”
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Three comedies : Behind the scenes in Eden, Rigmaroles, the other William / by Jaime Salom ; edited by Gregary J. Racz and translated by Marion Peter Holt, Gregary J. Racz, & Phyllis Zatlin. by Salom, Jaime, 1925-2013

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Slapstick Comedy / edited by Tom Paulus and Rob King.

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The comedy of errors : critical essays / edited by Robert S. Miola.

Table of Contents: “…The critical history of the Comedy of errors -- The play and the critics / Robert S Miola -- The Comedy of errors: different voices -- A poetical farce (1836) / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- Weirdness in the Comedy of errors (1939) / G R Elliott -- Themes and structure in the Comedy of errors (1961) / Harold F Brooks -- Brave new world (1965) / T W Baldwin -- Two comedies of errors (1966) / Harry Levin -- Shakespeare's comedy of love: the Comedy of errors (1974) / Alexander Laggatt -- Shakespeare's Comedy of errors and the nature of kinds (1988) / Arthur F Kinney -- Comedia grave and the Comedy of errors (1989) / Louise George Clubb -- Dining out in Ephesus: food in the Comedy of errors (1990) / Joseph Candido -- Rectifying Shakespeare's errors: romance and farce in bardeditry (1991) / Charles Whitworth -- Reading errantly: misrecognition and the uncanny in the Comedy of errors (1991) / Barbara Freedman -- "Stigmatical in making": the material character of the Comedy of errors (1993) / Douglas Lanier -- The Comedy of errors in the context of the late 1580's and early 1590's (1997) / David Bevington -- The girls from Ephesus (1997) / Laurie Maguire -- The errors of the verse: metrical reading and performance of the Comedy of errors (1997) / Brennan O'Donnell -- The Comedy of errors in performance -- The Gesta Grayorum account [At Gray's Inn, 1597] -- Shakespeare and the Prince of Purpoole: the 1594 production of the Comedy of errors at Gray's Inn Hall / Margaret Knapp and Michal Kobialka -- The Elizabethan stage society production at Gray's Inn, 1895 / George Bernard Shaw -- Die irrungen: the Comedy of errors in Germany / G̈unter Walch -- Stimulation Komisarjevsky production: Stratford's best, 1938 / M.F.K.F. -- The Comedy of errors: Russian producer's Marry Pranks, 1938 / C. -- The act of uniformity: Williams production, 1962 / Edmund Gardner -- Shakespeare in Britain: Williams production, 1962 / Robert Speaight -- Comedy of errors at Stratford: Williams production, 1962/1972 / Michael Billington -- The Comedy of errors in Japan / Peter Milward, S.J. -- Trevor Nunn's musical production, 1976 / Sally Emerson -- Theory and practice: Stratford, 1976 / Roger Warren -- The Comedy of errors: reflections of an actor / Roger Rees -- Robert Woodruff's circus production, 1983 / Joel G Fink -- Adrian Noble's Stratford production, 1983 / Charles Whitworth -- Life S̈öderström's Stockholm production, 1983 -- The Comedy of errors on television / H R Coursen -- Crinkles in the carnival: ideology in South Africa productions of the Comedy of errors to 1985 / Rohan Quince -- Ian Judge's Stratford production, 1990 / Peter Holland -- Errors: Shakespeare, Rattled & Droll: Shenandoah Shakespeare express production, 1992 / Pamela Sommers.…”

Jack Benny and the golden age of American radio comedy / Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley. by Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn

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Saltwater / BBC Films and Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board in association with Radio Telefis Eireann and Alta Films present a Treasure Films production ; producer, Robert Walpole ; written and directed by Conor McPherson. by McPherson, Conor, 1971-

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The everything guide to comedy writing : from stand-up to sketch, all you need to succeed in the world of comedy / Mike Bent. by Bent, Mike, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Top ten things you should know about comedy -- What are you, a comedian? -- You know more than you think you do -- The funny five -- Comedy secret no. 1: we're all in the same boat -- Worship the notebook -- Comedy secret no. 2: the power of lists -- The power of questions -- Let's get sketchy -- Types of sketches -- Writing with others -- Styles of stand-up -- Writing for stand-up -- Performing stand-up comedy -- Parody and satire : "it's a floor wax, and a dessert topping!" …”
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Le Candidat : Comédie en quatre actes. by Flaubert, Gustave

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Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask / United Artists Corp. ; director, Woody Allen ; produced by Charles H. Joffe.

Hellzapoppin' / Universal presents ; directed by H.C. Potter ; screenplay, Nat Perrin, Warren Wilson ; a Mayfair production.

100 essential silent film comedies / James Roots. by Roots, James, 1955-

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H. L. Mencken : Prejudices, first, second, and third series. by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Names as metaphors in Shakespeare's comedies / Grant W. Smith. by Smith, Grant W., 1937-

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