Chicago comedy
Subtitle: a fairly serious history
By: Margaret Hicks
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781609492113
Subjects: Theater; Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.); History and criticism; Comedians; Stand-up comedy; Television comedies; Improvisation (Acting); Radio comedies; History; Biography; HIstory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Mick Napier; title: Introduction; title: A history lesson; title: The savage tamed; title: If you build it, they will come; title: Gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight; title: The phoenix; title: On the road; title: The mediums; title: The sickness; title: A stage, a chair, a suggestion; title: Truth in comedy; title: It goes up to eleven; title: The paper wars; title: The bridge; title: Back to the future; title: Epilogue.