Peters, LH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4938-8360
2018,
'Reports of the death of British theatrical
comedy? Greatly exaggerated or sadly
accurate?'
, Comedy Studies, 9 (1)
, pp. 76-83.
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Abstract
Are the twin masks of Tragedy and Comedy in the process of transformation?
I am seeking in this paper to address challenging questions concerning the increasing disappearance of the 'serious' comedy, especially the satirical play on
the UK stage and ask why:
Has the UK audience deserted comedy in general and satire in particular?
Is it too difficult to write? Why in the context of a troubled world is contemporary theatrical comedy not more popular?
Controversially, is it something to do with the inverse relationship between the increasing benefits of a multi-national, multi-racial UK society and a declining national consensus on shared symbols concerning issues of humour and satire?
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Comedy Studies |
Publisher: | Routledge / Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 2040-610X |
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Depositing User: | Dr Lloyd Peters |
Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2018 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2019 08:00 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/46235 |
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