{"product_id":"9781137378729-baggy-pants-comedy-burlesque-and-the-oral-tradition","title":"Davis A. - Baggy Pants Comedy Burlesque And The Oral Tradition - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression - era America Baggy Pants Comedy explores the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip - tease. It examines how burlesque comics straightmen and talking women approached the craft of comedy working in a genre that relied not on scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. The book opens a long - neglected area of American folklore presenting transcripts of dozens of fondly - remembered routines like \" Who's On First\" and \" Niagara Falls (Slowly I Turned) \" as well as long - forgotten classics in print for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Baggy Pants Comedy Burlesque And The Oral Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Davis A.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781137378729\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288 Pages, Xiii, 288 P.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 1\/8\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Variety Shows, Music Hall, Cabaret","brand":"Davis A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49613607108913,"sku":"IN-G-9781137378729","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781137378729.jpg?v=1724607388","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781137378729-baggy-pants-comedy-burlesque-and-the-oral-tradition","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}