How to Tell a Joke - An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humour

Marcus Tullius Cicero (reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people) provides sage advice on how to use humour to win over an audience. Timing is and always was everything, of course, but Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes - including how to avoid making costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humour in Cicero’s On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke really is the classic guide to humour and the art of witty public speaking. Would make a great gift for  would be stand-up comedians, politicians and lawyers!

Hardback, 328 pages
Measures 12.4 x 17.7 x 2.7cm