Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry
Levitt, Paul M. (editor and introduction by)
From Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
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Quantity: 1From Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
AbeBooks Seller Since October 23, 2012
Quantity: 1About this Item
First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 464 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post. Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by comedian Ed Lowry (1896-1983). Although occasionally found in bits and pieces in anthologies and in some period dramatic comedies, vaudeville humor has never before been available in one collection--performers rarely if ever kept a record of their jokes and routines. Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. He kept copious notebooks of jokes and routines that he not only commissioned but also stole from other comics, clipped from newspapers, and copied from now defunct popular magazines of the day. Editor Paul M. Levitt has reorganized the material into categories that preserve some of the flavor of Lowry's scrapbooks yet provide for finer distinctions. Part one, "Jokes," is organized by subject matter and cataloged by genre, dialects, and wordplay. From "Accidents" to "Work," this exhaustive catalog of humor features over one thousand jokes with topics that range from city slickers and country hicks through midgets and old maids to Swedes and tattoos. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre, Entertainment & Plays; United States; 1900-1940; ISBN: 0809327201. ISBN/EAN: 9780809327201. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10431. Seller Inventory # 10431
Bibliographic Details
Title: Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, ...
Publisher: Souther Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition.
About this title
Paul M. Levitt is a professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches modern drama and theatre history. Levitt has also written books and articles on theatre, radio plays for the BBC, trade books on medicine, tales for children, and a novel, Chin Music. He is the editor of Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer, and Railbird by Ed Lowry and Charlie Foy (also available from Southern Illinois University Press).
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