Word play and wit are not a recent phenomenon in English. The Elizabethans relished humour in language and, whilst William Shakespeare's comic scenes rarely make us laugh out loud, we can still ...
Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon as Phil and Spanky in the 1983 Broadway production of 'The Slab Boys' Credit: ZUMA Press Inc./Alamy Ultimately, The Slab Boys is a comic play and humour is used in ...