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alternative comedy
stand-up comedy
comedians
UK

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Dore, M. (2022). Book review: Double, Oliver (2020). Alternative Comedy. 1979 and The Reinvention of British Stand-Up. London and New York: Bloomsbury. The European Journal of Humour Research, 10(1), 235–239. Retrieved from https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/626

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