Beyond the Fringe was a British comedy stage revue written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller. It played in Britain's West End and on New York's Broadway in the early 1960s, and is widely regarded as seminal to the rise of satire in 1960s Britain. (more)
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Johnny Bassett:
John Bassett (born 1935) is the person credited with putting together the talent for the Edinburgh International Festival revue, 'Beyond the Fringe', in 1960.
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Dudley Moore:
Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 - March 27, 2002), was an English Golden Globe-winning actor, comedian and musician. Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s and became
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Not Only... But Also:
Not Only... But Also was a popular 1960s BBC British television series starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Originally, the show was intended as a solo project for Moore, called Not Only Dudley Moore, But Also His Guests. However, unsure about going
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William Donaldson:
Charles William Donaldson (January 4, 1935 - June 22, 2005) was an English satirist, writer, rake and playboy, author of The Henry Root Letters. Donaldson enjoyed a privileged upbringing in Sunningdale, Berkshire as the son of a shipping magnate. He
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Satire boom:
The satire boom is a general term to describe the emergence of a generation of English satirical writers, journalists and performers at the end of the 1950s. The satire boom is often regarded as having begun with the first performance of Beyond the F
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One Leg Too Few:
One Leg Too Few is a famous comedy sketch written by Peter Cook and most famously performed by Cook and Dudley Moore. It is a classic example of comedy arising from an absurd situation which the participants take entirely seriously, and a demonstrati
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Donald Albery:
Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (June 19, 1914 - September 14, 1988) was an English theatre impressario who did much to translate the adventurous spirit of London in the 1960s into theatrical reality. Born into a theatrical family, his father was
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Monty Python:
Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. A total of 45 episodes were made over four series (seasons).
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The Goon Show:
The Goon Show was a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast between May and September 1951, was title
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Harold Macmillan:
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963. Nicknamed 'Supermac', he did not use
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