Vaudeville Humor
The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry
Published on 30. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-8093-2720-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 eve 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carbondale
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8093-2720-1 (9780809327201)
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E-Book
09/2006
1st Edition
Southern Illinois University Press
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Persons
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 Jazz Dancer, and Railbird by Ed Lowry and Charlie Foy.