Beyond the Fringe
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- stand-up comedy
- In stand-up comedy: The British tradition and the spread of stand-up comedy
…satirical college revues, including the Beyond the Fringe quartet (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller) and the wilder, mixed-media antics of the Monty Python troupe. A more working-class breed of solo stand-up,
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- In stand-up comedy: The British tradition and the spread of stand-up comedy
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- Cook
- In Peter Cook
…in the hit satirical revue Beyond the Fringe (with Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore) and for his longtime comedy partnership with Moore on stage, screen, television, and comedy records. He also founded The Establishment, a London comedy club where many younger comedians got their start, and published
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- In Peter Cook
- Miller
- In Jonathan Miller
…actor in the satirical review Beyond the Fringe. He had coauthored the show with Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, and Dudley Moore, and the foursome played to packed houses in Edinburgh, London, and New York City. He left the show in 1963 to write television scripts and to direct live theatre.…
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- In Jonathan Miller