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Deadpan and the Nineteenth-Century Emergence of a Comic Style - Theatre and Performance Theory Balkin, Sarah (The University of Melbourne)
Deadpan and the Nineteenth-Century Emergence of a Comic Style - Theatre and Performance Theory
Balkin, Sarah (The University of Melbourne)
Deadpan is now widespread in stand-up comedy, television, and online humor, but the term originated in the early twentieth century. This is the untold story of how deadpan became legible to audiences, investigating its earlier history in theater, comic lectures, minstrelsy, dance, burlesque, and vaudeville.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | January 31, 2027 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009764162 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 278 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 500 g |