Oliver Double started his career as a professional comedian before lecturing on and teaching drama and comedy at the University of Kent. He is the author of many journal articles on stand-up comedy and comedians. Works include Stand Up: On Being A Comedian (2005) and Getting the Joke (2005).
11 Ebooks by Double Oliver Double
Oliver Double: Stand Up
Stand-Up! is the first book to both analyse the background of stand-up comedy and take us inside the world of being a solo comedian Oliver Double writes a lively history of the traditions of British …
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€21.95
Oliver Double: Stand Up
How could Max Miller reduce an audience to helpless laughter just by talking about a fan dancer and her fan? Why do club audiences howl with glee at Bernard Manning”s violent jokes about Pakistanis? …
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€21.95
Double Oliver Double: Getting The Joke
An examination of the art of stand-up comedy, its constituent parts and how they work Considering stand-up comedy to be an art-form deserving greater attention and analysis, Getting the Joke provides …
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€19.44
Oliver Double: Getting the Joke
”This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers. It”s too enjoyable. But that, given its subject, is just what it ought to be, and it treats that subject seriously …
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€27.68
Oliver Double: Getting the Joke
”This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers. It”s too enjoyable. But that, given its subject, is just what it ought to be, and it treats that subject seriously …
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€27.43
Adam Ainsworth & Oliver Double: Popular Performance
There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause …
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€40.44
Adam Ainsworth & Oliver Double: Popular Performance
There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause …
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€40.01
Oliver Double: Alternative Comedy
In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it a …
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€34.69
Oliver Double: Alternative Comedy
In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it a …
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€34.48
Oliver Double: Britain Had Talent
In the first major academic work to examine British variety theatre, Double provides a detailed history of this art form and analyses its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers, co …
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English
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€36.97
Oliver Double: Britain Had Talent
In the first major academic work to examine British variety theatre, Double provides a detailed history of this art form and analyses its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers, co …
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English
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€36.70
