In this informative book on comedy acting, writers Homan and Rhinehart state their aim is to ‘better enable actors to reach an audience and play the characters’. So are they successful?
To a point. Starting from the sensible viewpoint that ‘laughter is something real, not theoretical’, Homan and Rinehart analyse why laughter happens, often linking it to ‘incongruity’ – a sense of tension. There are some very useful sections in this book which will aid the comedic actor: improvisation exercises; advice on timing; playing the through-line; and, towards the end, a handy chapter on four forms of comedy: farce, physical, romantic and social-political.
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