Bibliograph

Baggy pants comedy, burlesque and the oral tradition, Andrew Davis

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Baggy pants comedy, burlesque and the oral tradition, Andrew Davis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Baggy pants comedy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Andrew Davis

Series statement

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

Sub title

burlesque and the oral tradition

Summary

"Baggy Pants Comedy takes readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America to explore the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied not on scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. The book opens a long-neglected area of American folklore, presenting dozens of fondly-remembered routines like "Who's On First" and "Niagara Falls (Slowly I Turned), " as well as long-forgotten classics in print for the first time"--, Provided by publisher

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