Double, Oliver and Washbourne, Neil (2025) Stand-Up in the United Kingdom. In: Double, Oliver, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy. Cambridge Companions . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 23-42. ISBN 978-1-009-00973-7. E-ISBN 978-1-009-00819-8. (doi:10.1017/9781009000635) (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:111698)
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Abstract
This chapter uses a performance by Stewart Lee as a way in to trace the history of stand-up comedy in the UK from music hall, through variety theatre, working men's clubs, alternative comedy to today's stand-up scene, including Black British stand-up. It analyses the work of a number of British comedians, including Dan Leno, Suzette Tarri, Max Miller, Alexei Sayle, Pauline Melville, Tony Allen, Mo Gilligan and Josie Long.
| Item Type: | Book section |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1017/9781009000635 |
| 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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| Depositing User: | Oliver Double |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2025 12:27 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2025 09:48 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/111698 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Double, Oliver.
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