Double, Oliver (2018) The origin of the term stand-up comedy update. Comedy Studies, 9 (2). pp. 235-237. ISSN 2040-610X. (doi:10.1080/2040610X.2018.1428427) (KAR id:66675)
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Abstract
This article discusses a possible first usage of the term ‘stand-up comedian’, used in a column in the Yorkshire Evening Post from November 1917 to describe a performer called Finlay Dunn. This is significantly earlier than the previously identified first usage in a Variety review from 1948. This article discusses Dunn’s career in order to conjecture that that the term may have been in use significantly earlier even than 1917.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/2040610X.2018.1428427 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Stand-up comedian; stand-up comic; stand-up comedy; word origins; Finlay Dunn |
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P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1600 Drama P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1969.C65 Comedy acts. Stand-up comedy |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Arts |
| Depositing User: | Oliver Double |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2018 09:05 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 16:52 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66675 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Double, Oliver.
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