Beyond the Fringe

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comedy revue satirical revue stage show

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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Label	Occurrences
Beyond the Fringe canonical	4

Predicate	Object
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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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 ⓘ