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The comedian / a Cinelou Films, Linson Entertainment, and Anvil Films production ; a Taylor Hackford film ; produced by Art Linson, John Linson ; produced by Taylor Hackford ; produced by Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon ; directed by Taylor Hackford.
Published 2016Streaming video (Emerson users only)
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The dance of the comedians : the people, the president, and the performance of political standup comedy in America / Peter M. Robinson.
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…Prologue : "I'm not kidding" -- An American company of comedians -- Dance partners -- A presidential crinoline -- New frontiers -- All lies and jest -- Rebellion by the pound -- Epilogue : Back to the future.…”
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The secular commedia : comic mimesis in late eighteenth-century music / Wye Jamison Allanbrook ; edited by Mary Ann Smart and Richard Taruskin.
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…Cover; THE SECULAR COMMEDIA; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Music Examples; Foreword; 1. …”
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Dante's Commedia : theology as poetry / edited by Vittorio Montemaggi and Matthew Treherne.
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, 1.
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Commedia dell' arte : story, style / Peregrine Productions (Burwood, Vic.)
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Beginnings of Commedia dell' Arte (2:42) -- Art Forms Included in Commedia dell' Arte (0:55) -- Italian Mask Theater (2:16) -- Ancient Greek Theater (2:43) -- Christianity and Theater Arts (1:27) -- Cultural Rebirth in Italy (3:16) -- Italy: Masked Celebrations (3:15) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Pantalone the Miser (2:44) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Arlecchino and Brighella (1:07) -- Stock Character Representation (4:31) -- Stock Character: Crafty Gentleman (1:09) -- Stock Character: The Doctor (2:59) -- Stock Characters: Romantic Leads (3:44) -- Stock Character: Female Servant (2:50) -- Classic Character Masks: Antihero Figure (2:24) -- Classic Character Masks: Hero Figure (3:00) -- Early Puppet Theater: Slapstick Humor (1:51) -- Commedia dell' Arte: Improvisation (3:42) -- Traveling Companies of Performers (1:31) -- Golden Age of Commedia dell' Arte (3:24) -- Commedia dell' Arte Mime (1:06) -- Theater Troupe in Shakespeare's England (3:53) -- Comedy Changes in Italy (2:00) -- Puppets: Far-Reaching Influence of Commedia dell' Arte (4:34) -- Stock Characters/Universal Characters (4:16) -- Commedia del' Arte Today (1:47) -- Influence of Commedia dell' Arte on Western Comedy (2:35)…”
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The comedian as confidence man : studies in irony fatigue / Will Kaufman.
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Ben Franklin and Herman Melville: The Comedian as Confidence Man -- 3. Lenny Bruce: "I'm not a comedian" -- 4. …”
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