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Dramatic Genres: Studying Comedy

Synopsis
This resource consists of a 96 page photocopiable booklet and a 2 hour DVD. The DVD features Dr Eric Langley and Professors Adam Roberts and Dan Rebellato on Shakespeare’s comedies, theories of laughter and comedy, and key dramatic comedies. The booklet covers an overview of comedy from the Greeks to the 21st-century, with an annotated timeline. Also covered are all aspects of comedy including: structure; characterisation; genre; language; the fool; subversion, misrule and carnivalesque; green worlds; identity, disguise and cross-dressing; women. There are suggestions for practical activities and integrated extracts from critical material to stimulate and extend students’ thinking.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2012
Subjects
Drama; Literature
Keywords
comedy; drama teaching

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£95.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
120 minutes
Year
2016

Production Company

Name

English and Media Centre

Email
info@englishandmedia.co.uk
Web
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Phone
0207 359 8080
Fax
020 7354 0133
Address
18 Compton Terrace
NW1 1RX
N1 2UN

Distributor

Name

EMC Publications

Email
emc@education.co.uk
Web
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Phone
01634 729835
Fax
01634 290175
Address
PO Box 105
Rochester
Kent ME2 4BE

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