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Audiences attended performances of comedies in numbers far surpassing those of any other form of theatre.

Theatre was one of many German institutions experiencing profound change in the aftermath of World War I. Industrial comedy describes the most important and most predominant form of comedy on German stages from 1919 to 1933.

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A guide to the glorious works and filmmakers who make the world laugh with them. It is suitable for those lovers of enduring, wry, over-the-top, side-splitting humor on film.

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This book looks in detail at twenty key titles, covering every step of the development from comic book panel to feature film frame. Includes interviews with key creative artists about the evolution of the films from the original comics, and speculates about future films.

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This book identifies Nigerian theatre as a highly creative and useful tool for cultural and economic development. It moves beyond the usual discussion of theatre as entertainment to a dialogue that situates theatre as an essential tool for initiating public discourse for the advancement of society in general.

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An account of the only community theatre network in Africa that is run by grassroots artists on a national and international scale.

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At last, a collection in one volume informing the citizenry about a phenomenon that has existed for nearly a quarter century: community television represents our single source for media access in the United States.

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Offering a unique documentation of a 7-year arts-based programme of community research and activism in a Ugandan community, this book presents the voices and insights of those involved in the form of articles and creative works.

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Frames the contemporary post-cinematic situation of audiovisual media by focusing on the category of compactness in order to analyze a number of less explored aspects of contemporary mediascape.

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"as the damaged, defiant stories unravelit is impossible to remain unmoved."--Lucy Powell, TimeOut

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This collection interrogates the concept of complex TV, and reappraises the value of simplicity in TV, with reference to a range of television programming, including episodic series and serial dramas, sitcoms, science-fiction, animation, horror, thrillers and period dramas.

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This book looks at the scientific reality behind the computers that appear in Star Trek, from the holodeck and virtual reality to Data and artificial intelligence.

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An inside view on the real face of Hollywood from a multi-award winning British entertainment reporter in L.A. who has interviewed all the icons. Ryff presents this hardback edition of Sandro Monetti's hit compendium of amusing celebrity tales.

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In this book Robert Thirkell, the international consultant known as 'The TV Troubleshooter' and renowned television producer, sets out a professional toolkit for developing a compelling storyline in factual and reality programmes and films.

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This reference highlights American women writers who continue to build upon the formerly male-dominated canon.

Included are alphabetically arranged entries for more than 60 American women writers of diverse ethnicity who wrote or published their most significant fiction after World War II.

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Asia produces more films than any other part of the world. With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, this book analyzes key films in the context of the national, the regional and the global.

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With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and others, this book presents an assessment of contemporary Asian cinema. Each chapter describes the cultural aspects of popular film production, analyzing key films in the context of the national, the regional and the global.