Playboys and Killjoys

Playboys and Killjoys An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study concentrates especially on the great comic playwrights from Aristophanes through Shakespeare and Moliere to Shaw and Coward, and also looks at theories of comedy, and great comedians such as Chaplin.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195048568
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 809.917
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 214
Weight: 445g
Height: 220mm
Width: 140mm