Writing Comedy by Ronald Wolfe
An indispensable guide to comedic scriptwriting for television, radio, film and stage.
'Along with a rich father-in-law, a good suit, curiosity, venom and innocence, there is nothing a young man or woman contemplating writing television comedy needs more than Ronnie Wolfe's indispensable book' Frank Muir 'What Ronnie doesn't know about writing comedy probably isn't worth knowing.' Writing magazine 'This is a must for all aspiring comedy writers.' Andy Hamilton co-writer and co-producer, with Guy Jenkin, of Drop the Dead Donkey '... lots of good, sensible, practical advice.' Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran creators and writers of New Statesman, Birds of a Feather, Goodnight Sweetheart and Love Hurts 'I only wish I'd had it when I first started writing.' Jimmy Perry co-writer, with David Croft, of Dad's Army, Hi-de-Hil, It Aint Half Hot Mum and You Rang M'Lord 'A "how-to book" on comedy writing by someone who really knows how to.' Denis Norden '... if Oxford or Cambridge ever establish a Chair of Comedy, Ronnie Wolfe should be the first professor.' David Croft co-writer, with Jeremy Lloyd, of 'Allo 'Allo and Are You Being Served?
Ronald Wolfe has been a comedy writer practically all his working life. He has written for feature films, stage shows, radio series and (in partnership with Ronald Chesney) has scripted over 500 episodes of television situation comedy. Amongst others he helped create the classic comedies The Rag Trade and On the Buses. He has worked extensively abroad, for all the major networks in the USA, and in Canada, Australia, Scandinavia and Holland. He is a visiting lecturer in writing TV comedy at the City University, London, and regularly speaks at SitCom workshops run by the BFI on the South Bank; the National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield; University of Kent School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts; London Department of New York University; University of Barcelona, Spain; KomedyHaus, Hamburg, Germany; and the Writers' Summer School, Swanwick. He lives in Temple Fortune, North London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780709074137 |
| ISBN 10 | 0709074131 |
| Title | Writing Comedy |
| Author | Ronald Wolfe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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