Cringe Histories: Harold Pinter and the Steptoes

This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s and derived from a theatre history in which conventions of Naturalism were modified by emergent British writers working with European avant-garde motifs. The article makes the case by analysing the imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jonathan Bignell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/2/83