1st Edition

Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy

By Jay Sankey Copyright 1998
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this engaging and disarmingly frank book, comic Jay Sankey spills the beans, explaining not only how to write and perform stand-up comedy, but how to improve and perfect your work. Much more than a how-to manual Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy is the most detailed and comprehensive book on the subject to date.

    Chapter One Stand-Up; Writing; Chapter Three Character; Delivery; Performance; Set Structure; Audiences; Professional Stand-Up; Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy

    Biography

    Jay Sankey is a stand-up comic, writer, and cartoonist. For more then twenty years he has performed around the world and has made numerous television appearances. He lives in Toronto.

    "Jay Sankey offers aspiring stand-up comics a career's worth of wisdom in Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy. His advice [is] both thought provoking and practical." -- Publishers Weekly