Double, Oliver (2025) Introduction. In: Double, Oliver, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy. Cambridge Companions . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-1-009-00973-7. E-ISBN 978-1-009-00819-8. (doi:9781009000635) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:111697)
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Abstract
This introduction offers a simple workable definition of stand-up comedy before examing how the form developed in the USA, the UK and Australia. It then looks at how in the last 30 years, stand-up has spread beyond anglophone countries thus becoming a global phenomenon. It finishes by outlining the structure of the book.
| Item Type: | Book section |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 9781009000635 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | stand-up; stand-up comedy; comedy; comic performance |
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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 P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The theatre |
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Schools > School of Arts and Architecture Schools > School of Arts and Architecture > Drama |
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| Depositing User: | Oliver Double |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2025 12:14 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2025 09:50 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/111697 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Double, Oliver.
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