Theatre & laughter. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Theatre and laughter
• Further Information: Note: Eric Weitz.
• Authors: (Drama professor), Weitz, Eric
• Contents: Partners in social relations -- Laughter and theatre -- Play's the thing -- Laughter and its double -- Killing the frog -- Embodied joking -- Subsequent audiences -- The heart of lightness -- Shadow laughter -- Humour as embodied practice -- Word play -- Slapstick -- The clown figure -- Laughter in the frame -- Laughter as behavioural meme -- Laughter as theme -- Funniness -- Laughter and context -- Laughter as crowd control -- Laughter as event -- Changing the situation -- One more thing.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (108 pages)
• Subjects: 306.4848; Theater/History & Criticism; Laughter; Theater audiences -- Psychology; Performing arts -- Psychological aspects; Laughter; Performing arts -- Psychological aspects; Theater audiences -- Psychology; Lachen; Theater; Performance; Comedy; Theatre studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137356109; 1137356103
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.