Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Stand-Up Comedy
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Gresham College
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Professor Pick traces the evolution of the modern stand-up comic, a figure that emerged out of the music halls and American vaudeville circuits at the end of the nineteenth-century.
This lecture is part of Professor Pick's 'Comedy and Laughter' series. The other...
This lecture is part of Professor Pick's 'Comedy and Laughter' series. The other...