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

By John Wright and John Wright

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879103434
• ISBN13: 9780879103439
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Limelight
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"