Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy

John Wright

ISBN 10: 1854597825 / ISBN 13: 9781854597823

Published by Playwrights Canada Press, 2006

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Title: Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical ...

Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

(Book). This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms.

About the Author:

John Wright is co-founder of the highly successful, award winning Hertfordshire based Trestle Theatre Company.