Project Gutenberg 2014-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 142 Kleiser, Grenville 1868 1953 08009509 Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience A Collection of Short Selections, Stories and Sketches for All Occasions Produced by Chris Curnow, Robert Morse, Anna Whitehead and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience" by Grenville Kleiser is a collection of short selections, stories, and sketches that provides practical advice for entertaining and engaging an audience, written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a guide for speakers, elocutionists, and entertainers, offering insights into voice modulation, gesture, and storytelling techniques that can captivate listeners in various situations. The opening of the book sets the tone by explaining the author's extensive experience with public speaking and the desire to provide useful material for holding an audience's attention. Kleiser emphasizes the importance of preparation, effective voice use, and the power of story to make a memorable impact. He suggests that recitation of prose and poetry, combined with proper delivery techniques, can enhance public speaking skills and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their abilities on stage or in social settings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American wit and humor Humorous recitations Comedy sketches PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 785459 785467 2024-09-19T15:55:01.569312 2023-09-20T11:53:57.676541 text/html text/html 796899 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 385634 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 410917 2024-09-19T15:55:31.204142 application/epub+zip 417323 2024-09-19T15:55:10.507237 application/epub+zip 329934 2024-09-19T15:55:05.930261 application/epub+zip 636396 2024-09-19T15:55:39.575107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632249 2024-09-19T15:55:23.638217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581225 2022-09-21T12:26:53.478254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560022 559899 2024-09-19T15:54:57.416289 2023-09-20T11:53:53.480503 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 560089 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223901 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 560092 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223850 2014-10-25T09:52:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20556 2024-09-19T15:55:39.740122 application/rdf+xml 15146 2024-09-19T15:55:06.151307 image/jpeg 2608 2024-09-19T15:55:06.041295 image/jpeg 390730 2024-09-19T15:55:01.639310 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia