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Comedy (Encyclopedia Entry).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comedy (Encyclopedia Entry).
- History & Society.
- Audience & Spectatorship.
- Comedy.
- Absurdism.
- Classical.
- Commedia Dell'Arte.
- Epic.
- Farce.
- Melodrama.
- Pantomime.
- Popular.
- Renaissance.
- Restoration.
- Nineteenth Century.
- Twentieth Century.
- Twenty-First Century.
- Local Subjects:
- Comedy (Encyclopedia Entry).
- History & Society.
- Audience & Spectatorship.
- Comedy.
- Absurdism.
- Classical.
- Commedia Dell'Arte.
- Epic.
- Farce.
- Melodrama.
- Pantomime.
- Popular.
- Renaissance.
- Restoration.
- Nineteenth Century.
- Twentieth Century.
- Twenty-First Century.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Digital Theatre Plus.
- Place of Publication:
- Digital Theatre, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Comedy is, by its nature, highly contextual, it must constantly adapt to changes in the cultural milieu in which it works. Comedy also relies on newness and surprise more heavily than other art forms - some jokes just aren't funny after the first or second time one hears them. As a result, new forms and styles emerge constantly, just as older forms fall out of favour and are abandoned.
- Notes:
- Michael Chemers: Academic;
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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