Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
Book Details
Author(s)
A. Davis
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN
0230116795
ISBN-13
9780230116795
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Sales Rank
#3,638,478
Category
Performing Arts
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
The first full-length study of comedy on the burlesque stage, this book takes the reader inside the burlesque houses of the 1930s, looks at the role comedy played in an entertainment form known mostly for striptease, and explores how these sketch performers approached their craft.
