Beginnings -- Shape of comedy -- Character of character -- Park with a view -- Prisoner of

friendships to politics. Drawing on examples from newspapers and comedy shows to novels, children's stories

comedy -- The economics of television writing -- Writing original teleplays -- A career writing for

human drama, and even the black comedy of crime scene investigation."--BOOK JACKET.

has been interpreted as a comedy protesting against power and privilege. Brian Gibbons focuses on the

) -- On comedy.

. -- Resurrection and the comedy of remarriage. True and false accusations and ordeals of adultery ; Sita's ordeal

. Animation comedy and gag writing -- 13. Dialogue -- 14. The script -- 15. Editing and rewriting -- 16. The

/ In Practice: Love is a Game -- Poetics / In Practice: Theories on Comedy -- Introduction to Poetics

Romantic comedy films.

-- Comedy -- Comedy (II) : the plot disguised -- Tragedy (I) : the five stages -- Tragedy (II) : the divided

comedy writer : make 'em laugh, or else -- Verbal alchemy : managing the writing team -- Make the other