The Craft of Comedy

The discipline of comedy acting doesn’t have many classic texts. The Craft of Comedy is unquestionably one of them, though. It is a compilation of correspondence between a young actor, Stephen Haggard, and the renowned actress Athene Seyler, in which the latter expounds upon the art of comedy in lucid and timeless terms._x005F_x000D_ This significant new edition, edited by Robert Barton, re-launches The Craft of Comedy as a handbook for the contemporary student , as well as an essential, canonical text. Incorporating practical exercises, contextual notes, illustrations and extensive appendices, it re-establishes Seyler as one of great practical theorists of comedy and comedy acting.