For the Sake of Sanity: Doing things with humour in Irish performance assembles a range of essays from practitioners, academics, and journalists, all of whom address the attempt to make an audience laugh in various Irish contexts over the past century. With a general emphasis on theatre, the collection also includes essays on film, television and stand-up comedy for those insights into practice, society and culture revealed uniquely through instances of humour in performance.
For the Sake of Sanity: Doing things with humour in Irish performance assembles a range of essays from practitioners, academics, and journalists, all of whom address the attempt to make an audience laugh in various Irish contexts over the past century. With a general emphasis on theatre, the collection also includes essays on film, television and stand-up comedy for those insights into practice, society and culture revealed uniquely through instances of humour in performance.
For the Sake of Sanity: Doing things with humour in Irish performance
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781788748117 |
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Publisher: | Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers |
Publication date: | 01/30/2019 |
Series: | Carysfort Press Ltd. |
Pages: | 236 |
Product dimensions: | 5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.00(d) |