That Was Satire, That Was Humphrey Carpenter

Name: That Was Satire, That Was By Humphrey Carpenter
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That Was Satire, That Was by Humphrey Carpenter

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At the 1960 Edinburgh Festival, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett, changed the face of British comedy with their satire, fracturing the "culture of deference" which had predominated the 1950s. This biography examines the political and social conditions which inspired them.

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That Was Satire, That Was: The Satire Boom of the 1960s by Humphrey Carpenter

At the 1960 Edinburgh Festival, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett changed the face of British comedy with their satire. This study examines the political and social conditions which inspired them.

About Humphrey Carpenter

Humphrey Carpenter was born in 1946. After Oxford, he worked for the BBC, and then became a freelance writer. He has written numerous prize-winning biographies as well as a highly successful children's book series. He is a regular book reviewer for the Sunday Times, and was the director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1994-6.

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GOR001611797

ISBN 13

9780575065888

ISBN 10

0575065885

Title

That Was Satire, That Was: The Satire Boom of the 1960s by Humphrey Carpenter

Author

Humphrey Carpenter

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

2000-07-10

Number of pages

378

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