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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 London's West End and then in America, both on tour and on New York's Broadway in the early 1960s. Hugely successful, it is widely regarded as seminal to the rise of satirical comedy in 1960s Britain.
The show was conceived in 1960 by an Oxford graduate, Robert Ponsonby, artistic director for the Edinburgh International Festival, with the idea of bringing together the best of revues by the Cambridge Footlights and The Oxford Revue, which had both transferred to Edinburgh for short runs in previous years. John Bassett, a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, who was Ponsonby's assistant, recommended Dudley Moore, his jazz bandmate and a rising cabaret talent. Moore in turn recommended Alan Bennett, who had had a hit at Edinburgh a few years before. Bassett also chose Jonathan Miller, who had been a Footlights star in 1957. Miller recommended Cook.
Beyond the Fringe (Complete)
Beyond the Fringe - Commentary on America
Beyond the Fringe on Oxford Philosophy
Take A Pew - Alan Bennett
Beyond the Fringe - Great Train Robbery
Peter Cook - Experiences Down The Mine
Beyond The Fringe- The Aftermyth of the War - Part 1.
One Leg Too Few - Cook and Moore
Beyond the Fringe - from the 'Aftermyth of War' sketch.
Monty Python meets Beyond The Fringe
Actors: Alan Bennett (actor), Peter Cook (actor), Neil Innes (actor), John Lennon (actor), Jonathan Miller (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Alexei Sayle (actor), Andre Vincent (actor), Nick Revell (actor), Adrian Poynton (actor), Ian Stone (actor), Logan Murray (actor), Tom Binns (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Geoff Norcott (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Alan Bennett (actor), Peter Cook (actor), Neil Innes (actor), John Lennon (actor), Jonathan Miller (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Alexei Sayle (actor), Andre Vincent (actor), Nick Revell (actor), Adrian Poynton (actor), Ian Stone (actor), Logan Murray (actor), Tom Binns (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Geoff Norcott (actor),
Genres: Documentary,