Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry - Softcover

Lowry, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809327201 ISBN 13: 9780809327201

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809327201
• ISBN 13: 9780809327201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Levitt Paul M.