Beyond the Fringe

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Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.

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Beyond the Fringe canonical 4

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instanceOf comedy revue ⓘ
satirical revue ⓘ
stage show ⓘ
associatedWith Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge Footlights
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
culturalContext post-war British comedy ⓘ
era early 1960s ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1960 ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
sketch comedy ⓘ
hasCastMember Alan Bennett ⓘ
Dudley Moore ⓘ
Jonathan Miller ⓘ
Peter Cook ⓘ
hasLegacy considered a classic of British comedy ⓘ
inspired later satirical revues ⓘ
hasPerformer Alan Bennett ⓘ
Dudley Moore ⓘ
Jonathan Miller ⓘ
Peter Cook ⓘ
hasSubject British politics ⓘ
establishment criticism ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
historicalSignificance key work of the British satire boom ⓘ
influenced Monty Python ⓘ
That Was the Week That Was ⓘ
The Frost Report ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediumAdaptation audio recordings ⓘ
television recordings ⓘ
notableFor influencing later sketch comedy ⓘ
launching the modern era of British satire ⓘ
notableSketch One Leg Too Few ⓘ
The Aftermyth of War ⓘ
The End of the World ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
performedIn Broadway ⓘ
West End ⓘ
premieredAt Edinburgh International Festival ⓘ
premiereLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
producer Donald Albery ⓘ
style absurdist humour ⓘ
intellectual comedy ⓘ
targetAudience adult audiences ⓘ
transferredTo London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Cook → notableWork → Beyond the Fringe ⓘ
Peter Cook → memberOf → Beyond the Fringe ⓘ
Alan Bennett → memberOf → Beyond the Fringe ⓘ
Derek and Clive → relatedTo → Beyond the Fringe ⓘ