The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
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The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations by Ned Sherrin
A reference tool available as a pocket-sized paperback, this edition contains over 5,000 quotations. It features one-liners, quips, and quotations from humorists such as Mae West and Oscar Wilde to comedians such as Maureen Lipman, Ben Elton, and Tracey Ullman.Ned Sherrin is presenter of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends. Producer and director of the ground-breaking 1960s satire TV show That Was the Week that Was, and producer of a number of films, including The Virgin Soldiers (1968) and Up Pompeii (1971), he has also written extensively for stage and screen. He
has directed many theatre productions such as Side by Side by Sondheim (London 1976 and New York 1977) and Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (1989). He has compiled a number of anthologies, including Cutting Edge (Dent, 1984), Theatrical Anecdotes (Virgin, 1991), Ned Sherrin in his Anecdotage (Virgin,
1993), and the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (OUP, 1995, 2/e 2001). He has also written a novel, Scratch an Actor (Sinclair Stevenson, 1995).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198609209 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198609205 |
| Title | The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations |
| Author | Ned Sherrin |
| Series | Oxford Quick Reference Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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