Oliver Double

Britain Had Talent

A History of Variety Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the first major academic work to examine British variety theatre, Double provides a detailed history of this art form and analyses its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers, comedians, dancers, magicians, ventriloquists and diverse speciality acts, this vibrant book draws on a series of new interviews with variety veterans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-28460-9
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 17mm x 137mm x 216mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780230284609
• Artikelnr.: 35481818

Autorenporträt

OLIVER DOUBLE is a senior lecturer in Drama at the University of Kent, UK. Once a stand-up comedian himself, his teaching in this area is highly acclaimed and has received national media attention. He is the author of Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy (Methuen, 2005) and Stand Up! On Being a Comedian (Methuen, 1997).

Find out more about the author here: www.oliverdouble.com and view a celebration of variety theatre on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRUKjWZ47SI

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Introduction.- PART I: HISTORY OF VARIETY PERFORMANCE.- Britain's Got Talent.- The Variety Bill.- Music Hall becomes Variety.- The Golden Age of Variety.- Variety Falls Apart.- PART II: PERFORMANCE DYNAMICS.- Personality.- Participation.- Skill.- Novelty.- PART III: VARIETY PERFORMANCE TODAY.- Variety Now.- Bibliography.