Book review: Weitz, Eric (2016). Theatre and Laughter. London: Palgrave Macmillan Education.
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021), Reviews
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021)

Book review: Weitz, Eric (2016). Theatre and Laughter. London: Palgrave Macmillan Education.

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Submitted October 29, 2020
Published July 20, 2021
Vicky Manteli
Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8760-6619
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Keywords

theatre
laughter
comedy
humour

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Manteli, V. (2021). Book review: Weitz, Eric (2016). Theatre and Laughter. London: Palgrave Macmillan Education. The European Journal of Humour Research, 9(2), 177–179. Retrieved from https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/578
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