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Pages: 0
Authors: Margaret Hicks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: The History Press

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Famous for being a city of broad shoulders, Chicago has also developed an international reputation for split sides and slapped knees. Watch the Chicago style of
Chicago Comedy
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-22 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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“An overview of Chicago’s comedic legacy, from its early days . . . to its present day position as a breeding ground for some of comedy’s biggest names”
Aristophanes and the Cloak of Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Mario Telò
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-18 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427–386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theat
Inside Comedy
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Authors: David Steinberg
Categories: Performing Arts
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David Steinberg's name has been synonymous with comedy for decades. The Canadian-born comedian, producer, writer, director, and author has been called "a comic
Stand-Up Comedy in Chicago
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Vince Vieceli and Bill Brady
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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Ten years after Chicago saw its first full-time comedy club open, the landscape was decidedly different. "Stand-up comedy has exploded in the last couple of yea