Results for: books tagged ‘Comedy’
Comedians: Trevor Griffiths
‘The setting is a schoolroom near Manchester where an evening class of budding comics congregate for a final briefing from their tutor before facing an agent’s man from London. Telling ... More
Jumpers: Tom Stoppard
The Incredible Radical Liberal Jumpers are a team of acrobatic professors of philosophy, whose absurd gymnastic displays reflect a bewildering world where logic has confounded belief in moral absolutes. In ... More
The Homecoming: Harold Pinter
When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in London, he finds his family still living in the house. In the ... More
Marx Brothers: Brothers Marx
How many times have you missed the best bits of a Marx Brothers movie, failing to catch Groucho's famous one-liners because you were still laughing at the bit with Harpo ... More
Communicating Doors: Alan Ayckbourn
How Ms Poopay Dayseer, a twenty-first century Specialist Sexual Consultant, whilst peddling her 'services' to an elderly hotel room client unexpectedly finds herself running for her life. How her flight ... More
Harry and Me: Nigel Williams
Love, Groucho: Miriam Marx-Allen
Groucho Marx's elder daughter saved virtually every letter her father wrote to her between 1938, when she was eleven years old, and 1967. The letters amply display Groucho's famous wit ... More
Elton John's Glasses: David Farr
Bill is a fanatical supporter of Watford F.C. Day after day he sits in his unfurnished flat, watching the 1984 FA Cup Final with an obsession verging on madness. The ... More
The Apartment: I. A. L. Diamond
Billy Wilder won two Oscars - as co-screenwriter and director - for this mordant comedy about getting ahead in the corporate world. Jack Lemmon played the 'schnook' who lends out ... More
Man on the Flying Trapeze: Simon Louvish
To most people W. C. Fields is an instantly recognisable figure, aclassic icon of film comedy. But the full and true tale of the life and art of the clown ... More
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