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	Hugh Laurie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was born and raised in Oxford, where he attended the Dragon School (a famous prep school), before going on to Eton and then to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read Archaeology and Anthropology.
		His father had won an Olympic gold medal in rowing, and he himself was a rower at school and university taking part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of 1980.
		It was when Footlights took their end-of-year revue to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1980 that Laurie met Stephen Fry.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hugh_Laurie (509 words)

	Cambridge Theatre: Plays, dramatics, drama, performances. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cambridge Footlights, the world-famous comedy group who started the careers of many famous British actors, comedians, writers and vicars.
		Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST) is a touring theatre group based at the University of Cambridge, which stages an annual tour of universities, colleges and theatres in North America.
		Cambridge's most active, friendly and dynamic college drama society, with a reputation for theatre that is both accessible and entertaining.
	www.camcity.co.uk /directory/ARTS_AND_ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE (862 words)

	Tim Brooke-Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Despite an expulsion from school at the early age of five and a half years, Tim studied at Winchester College and Cambridge University.
		There he read Economics and Law and mixed with other budding comedians, including John Cleese and Bill Oddie, in the famous Footlights Club.
		He served that drama club as President in 1963 moving swiftly into BBC Radio with the fast-paced comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again in which he performed and co-wrote.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tim_Brooke-Taylor (414 words)

	University of Cambridge News and Events Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A group of Cambridge University students will be bringing their own brand of fun science to seaside resorts over the next two weeks.
		The University of Cambridge’s new science and technology development at West Cambridge will be put under the microscope over the coming months in a review of the masterplan; the blueprint for how the site will develop over the next few years.
		Cambridge scientists have recently discovered one of mankind's closest invertebrate relatives - a rare 3cm worm that resides in mud at the bottom of a Swedish fjord.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/archive.html?display=2003-8 (314 words)

	Cambridge Footlights
		Set amongst the great pyramids of Egypt, the towering columns of Rome, the succulent olives of Greece, join Spartacus on his journey from zero to hero, from slavery to bravery, as he gladiates his way to freedom.
		The 2005 Footlights Summer Tour Show has ended, but you can still cast your eye in sweet reminiscence over Under The Blue, Blue Moon's official website.
		Footlights' online presence is © Copyright Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and contributing authors 1996-2005.
	www.footlights.org (127 words)

	durham21 \| going out \| Get Feisty - Comedy Fest Review
		Personally we were awaiting The Cambridge Footlights with eager anticipation, knowing that this is where the likes of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Slattery began their careers.
		Cambridge felt that they were not given a fair chance and we would have to agree with them to a certain extent.
		Many people had judged Cambridge before they even got on the stage, simply because they were not from Durham.
	www.durham21.co.uk /archive/archive.asp?ID=286 (811 words)

	Education \| Tobacco money clouds revue tour
		"Sponsoring the Footlights is an attempt to show that BAT is a company with a sense of humour," said John Connolly of Action on Smoking and Health.
		Footlights was founded in 1883, but this year's tour is the 40th anniversary of Beyond the Fringe, which brought together Miller, Cook, Moore, and Bennett.
		Recriminations were flying yesterday, but a spokeswoman for the cash-strapped theatre said the Footlights' box office has been falling drastically over recent years, and the decision was taken to drop it.
	education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4175325-48426,00.html (515 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Cambridge Footlights: Living with a legacy
		The Footlights has come a long way since it was founded in 1883, a tiny gathering of extrovert students which offered popular vaudeville to the people of Cambridgeshire.
		But Cook, Cleese and Co. were to bequeath a legacy to future Footlighters that became something of a millstone around their necks.
		During the 1980s, the Footlights suffered in the face of competition from touring "alternative" comedians, with higher media profiles and trendier images.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1300445.stm (703 words)

	Guardian Series
		True, the pressure can be demanding but by and large the name proves the golden ticket for the young cast taking their first steps in the world of comedy.
		The controllers may be afraid to take risks but Raph is adamant one good habit the Footlights picked up from their forefathers was never to shy away from pushing boundaries.
		Beyond a Joke The Cambridge Footlights is at Wycombe Swan, Monday, September 13.
	www.walthamforestguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=525457 (855 words)

	tonyslattery.com - :: Biography :: The Tony Slattery Compendium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He joined the Cambridge Mummers and then, upon the urging of Stephen Fry, became a member of the famous Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club.
		In 1982 Tony was elected President of the Footlights, a position Clive Anderson also held in 1975 (as had Eric Idle, Clive James, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Peter Cook, amongst others).
		After leaving Cambridge Tony worked as a support act for The Flying Pickets, he wrote and starred in Saturday Stayback, Behind The Bikesheds and Gems, as well as working in the BBC Current Affairs department.
	www.tonyslattery.com /site/bio.phtml (1114 words)

	Articles - Graham Chapman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Chapman was educated at Melton Mowbray Grammar School and studied medicine at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, where he began writing comedy with fellow University student John Cleese.
		Their revue A Clump of Plinths was so successful at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that they renamed the revue Cambridge Circus, and took the revue to the West End in London, and then took the revue to New Zealand and Broadway.
		At the time Adams became involved 1977 he was a virtually unknown writer, fresh from Cambridge, whom Chapman took under his wing.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Graham_Chapman (958 words)

	Tony Slattery
		It was during his time at Cambridge that Tony was introduced to the theatre.
		Then in 1982, Tony was given the prestigious honour of being named President of the Footlights following such luminaries as Eric Idle, Clive Anderson and Peter Cook.
		Tony has returned to working again as he occasionally performs live at The Comedy Store in London and has made appearances in a number of TV and Radio programs for the BBC.
	www.mylambeth.co.uk /brixton/celebs&gossip-tony.htm (268 words)

	Footlights, Cambridge - Review - Spicy night out
		The plan was to go for a few drinks in footlights and then go on to the Rat and Parrot.
		Footlights is situated in the centre of Cambridge in the South East of England, and is only a five-minute walk from the bus station.
		As you can probably tell Footlights is a Mexican restaurant but they also serve other food such as soup, pasta, fish, and salads.
	travel.ciao.co.uk /Footlights__Review_5314689?xid=3836dd75ec6b1e3cbc9ae3fe3af2f6d900 (1146 words)

	David Frost (broadcaster) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From early on, Frost allegedly declared his ambition to become a TV personality, despite attending Cambridge.
		Frost's well-known ability to network with the right people was in evidence there, where he edited the literary magazine Granta and was the secretary of the Footlights comedy troupe, which included people of note such as Peter Cook and John Bird.
		After leaving university, he became a trainee at Associated-Rediffusion and worked for Anglia Television.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/David_Frost_(broadcaster) (731 words)

	Tony Slattery: A Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was during this time at Cambridge that Tony was introduced to the theatre and became of member of the famous Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club.
		In 1982, Tony was elected president of the Footlights, a position Clive Anderson also held in 1975 (as had Eric Idle, Clive James, Time Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garded and Peter Cook, amongst others).
		After leaving Cambridge, Tony and Richard Vranch appeared as a double act at various clubs such as the Jongleurs.
	www.geocities.com /gcrw_fans/tonybio.html (336 words)

	The Establishment - Biography - Boylett to Fringe
		The Cambridge Footlights were the University's players and actors, who would put on shows replete with straw boaters, merry sing-a-longs and terrible puns.
		By the time Peter left Pembroke he was the star of the Cambridge Footlights scene, and while he still paid lip service to the foreign service he now seemed destined for a future in comedy.
		While every potential comedian at Cambridge at the time was deeply influenced by Cook, many considered Frost's act to have passed over the boundary into plagiarism.
	stabbers.truth.posiweb.net /stabbers/html/biography/biography_01.htm (1268 words)

	jamescasey.co.uk
		Various Footlights who went on National Tours with the club in their final academic year came back to Cambridge after graduation for the final leg of the tour and stayed with Harry.
		Footlights - there on the opening night of each show, there at the annual dinner and the garden party.
		Harry passed away on December 11, 2003; on the 7th of January, 2004, a great many Footlights past and present assembled in Cambridge for his funeral.
	www.jamescasey.co.uk /footlights/harryporter (1141 words)

	Cambridge Visitor Information from Cambridge Hotel Bookings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Home of comedy legends such as Monty Python and the Goodies, the Cambridge Footlights Revue has launched many a great comedy star.
		Cambridge University is scattered across the city and can be viewed in most places.
		Many attractions in Cambridge are within walking distance but should the need arise to wander further out, literary enthusiasts should head to the Rupert Brooks country of Trumpington, the village of Grantchester.
	www.cambridge-hotel-bookings.co.uk /area.html (149 words)

	Truman Parent Information
		The son of a distinguished child psychiatrist, Miller was educated at St. Paul’s School, studied natural sciences at St. John’s College of Cambridge and qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1959.
		Cambridge University awarded him the honorary title Doctor of Letters in 1996; and in 1997, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London.
		At St. John’s, Miller appeared as a member of the Cambridge Footlights and later accepted an invitation to co-author and appear in Beyond the Fringe with Alan Bennett, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
	www2.truman.edu /press/press110600.html (462 words)

	Monty Python Speaks!
		CLEESE: Graham and I met at Cambridge when we were both auditioning for a Footlights show, which would have been 1961, and we both auditioned unsuccessfully.
		A lot of the other clubs tended to have a predominant class or predominant attitude; the Footlights crowd were very mixed and very good company, very amusing, and a lot less intense and serious and dedicated than the drama societies, who (it seemed to us) took themselves a bit seriously.
		Later when the Footlights Revue (which obviously didn't have Graham in it) transferred to London, Anthony Buffery did not want to stay with the show very long, and his place was taken by Graham.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/m/morgan-python.html (4751 words)

	Cleese, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The brilliance of his writing, the dominant nature of his performances (due largely to his extraordinary height) and the variety of his successes have made him undoubtedly the most influential figure of this group.
		Following the success of Cambridge Circus, the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue to which he contributed and which toured Britain and the World between 1963 and 1965, Cleese made his first big impact on television by writing and performing sketches on David Frost's The Frost Report (BBC).
		Cambridge Footlights Revue, 1963; Half a Sixpence, 1965.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/cleesejohn/cleesejohn.htm (1410 words)

	Douglas Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Adams was born in Cambridge and educated at Brentwood School, Essex where he became friends with Griff Rhys Jones.
		Adams attended St John's College, Cambridge, and worked with Rhys Jones in the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club.
		After graduation he spent several years contributing material to radio and television shows as well as writing, performing, and sometimes directing in London, Cambridge and at the Edinburgh Fringe.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Douglas_Adams (3391 words)

	Rachel Weisz - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Both her mother and her father are Jewish and, in the late 1930s, were brought from Vienna and Hungary respectively to England to escape persecution by the Nazis.
		During her college years she already appeared in various student productions, mainly as part of Cambridge Footlights.
		Her breakthrough role was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias's 1995 West End revival of Noël Coward's 1933 play Design for Living at the Gielgud Theatre.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /rachel_weisz.htm (308 words)

	Eric Idle biography
		He soon decided to join the Cambridge Footlights (he was auditioned by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor), and was admitted in March 1963.
		Idle quickly rose in the Footlight ranks, working with David Gooderson, Richard Eyre and Humphrey Barclay, who would later help in the formation of the Python team.
		In this role, Idle made many changes about the way the Footlights operated, including throwing the doors open to women for the first time (including celebrated feminist author Germaine Greer).
	www.geocities.com /fang_club/Idle_biog.html (869 words)

	Graeme Garden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He is also qualified as a medical doctor and an accomplished actor, television director and author.
		He went to Repton public school and Emmanuel, Cambridge where he joined the Footlights, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1962, and in Cambridge Circus (1963), which went on to tour London and New York.
		Graeme Garden qualified in medicine at King's College, London, and some of the television series he has written for have a medical theme including Doctor in the House (1969) and (1994).
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Graeme_Garden (474 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Special Report \| 1999 \| 10/99 \| Monty Python \| The birth of Python
		All of the British Pythons began their comedy careers in the revue shows put on by university societies, such as the Cambridge Footlights.
		Of the two universities, it is Cambridge's Footlights revue which is the better known.
		With the departure of leading Footlighters such as David Frost, the future Pythons were quickly promoted to positions of responsibility within the club.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/special_report/1999/10/99/monty_python/455585.stm (644 words)

	Footlight -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It grew in prominence in the 1960s, as a hotbed of comedy and satire, and continues to produce the regular, and very popular ''Smokers'' at the ADC Theatre; informal mixtures of sketches and stand-up.
		''Footlight Parade'' is a 1933 musical film which tells the story of a man struggling to replace his earlier career as a Broadway musical producer with a new career as a creator of short musical films in the era of talkies.
		But he has a rival who is stealing his work.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/58/footlight.html (306 words)

	Edinburgh 2002: Cambridge Footlights: Today Of All Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From a deserted pub on a moonless night, the 2001 Perrier Best Newcomer nominees embark on a journey through the heart of the jungle into the depths of the ocean.
		That these are the things that you might expect an arty middle-class Cambridge undergraduate to have most experience of is surely evidence that comedy is always strongest when you write from your own life.
		But everything's a little too knowing, and lacking in any real passion (other than the drive to follow in the footsteps of such famous Footlights forebears as John Cleese and Peter Cook) to really engage the audience's attention.
	www.chortle.co.uk /edfest2002/todayofalldays.html (397 words)

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