Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives /: critical perspectives. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sharon Lockyer, Oliver Double.
• Editors: Lockyer, Sharon, 1974-; Double, Oliver
• Contents: Chapter 1: Alternative Comedy Now and Then: An Introduction - Oliver Double and Sharon Lockyer Chapter 2: Alternative Comedy Timeline Part One: Alternative Comedy Venues Chapter 3: The Meccano Club: The Business of Alternative Comedy - Oliver Double Chapter 4: 'A Local Show for Local People: Alternative Cabaret at the Tower Art Centre, Winchester, UK, 1981-1984 – Richard Cumin Chapter 5: The Story of Cabaret A Go Go – Ray Campbell Part Two: Performers' Perspectives Chapter 6: Trends with Benefits: Brian Mulligan Chapter 7: Alternative Cabaret in Conversation – Oliver Double, Andy de la Tour, Jim Barclay, Pauline Melville and Tony Allen Part Three: Interpreting Alternative Comedy Chapter 8: Pressing for no change? Political Correctness, the defence of the 'mainstream' and class in UK newspaper responses to the emergence of 'Alternative Comedy' - Neil Washbourne Chapter 9: The Dramatic Script of Alternative Comedy – Jonjo Brady Part Four: Alternative Comedy Today Chapter 10: Alternative Comedy in Finland: Juhani Nevalainen, Musician Not Comedian – Marianna Keisalo Chapter 11: 'Less Dick Jokes': Women-only comedy line-ups, audience expectations and negotiating stereotypes – Ellie Tomsett Chapter 12: New Alternative Comedy: Productive Crises c.2005-Present – Sophie Quirk and Ed Wilson.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 792.760941; Stand-up comedy -- Great Britain; Stand-up comedy -- Great Britain -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030973513
• Related ISBNs: 9783030973506
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