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Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise

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Abstract

Morecambe & Wise achieved great success by adaptively working through the medium of televised British Variety and by fashioning a kinder, more inclusive world within their comedy, reaching family audiences on multiple levels. This chapter establishes the situated nature of the Boys’ comedy, analysing efforts to cast them, like Shakespeare, as timeless and their work as nostalgic escapism. Rather, the chapter resituates their work within contemporary televisual and political discourses, tracing their roles in creating comedy.

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Hamrick, S. (2020). Shakespeare Doesn’t Mind. In: Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise. Palgrave Studies in Comedy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33958-6_1

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