Characterization in Stand-up Comedy: from Ted Ray to Billy Connolly, via Bertolt Brecht
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عنوان ژورنال: New Theatre Quarterly
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0266-464X,1474-0613
DOI: 10.1017/s0266464x00014068