Comedy Genres: Aldwych Farce, Alternative Cabaret, Alternative Comedy, Bedroom Farce, Burlesque, Burletta, Chanchada, Character Comedy, Comedic Genres
- ISBN-10
- 1230563458
- ISBN-13
- 9781230563459
- Pages
- 106
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- University-Press.org
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Aldwych farce, Alternative Cabaret, Alternative comedy, Bedroom farce, Burlesque, Burletta, Chanchada, Character comedy, Comedic genres, Comedic journalism, Comedie larmoyante, Comedy-drama, Comedy of errors, Comic science fiction, Cringe comedy, Documentary comedy, Glossary of owarai terms, Insult comedy, Madrigal comedy, Manzai, Mockumentary, Observational comedy, Pantomime, Physical comedy, Prop comedy, Satyr play, Savoy opera, Screwball comedy film, Shock humour, Sound effect comedy, Stand-up comedy, Surreal humour, Tragicomedy, Whitehall farce, Word play, Zombie comedy.
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