Oliver Double

Oliver Double is Reader in Drama at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of Stand-Up! On Being a Comedian (Methuen, 1997), Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy (Methuen, 2005; expanded 2nd edition Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014) and Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre (2012), and co-editor with Adam Ainsworth and Louise Peacock of Popular Performance (Methuen Drama, 2017).

Oliver Double is Reader in Drama at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of Stand-Up! On Being a Comedian (Methuen, 1997), Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy (Methuen, 2005; expanded 2nd edition Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014) and Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre (2012), and co-editor with Adam Ainsworth and Louise Peacock of Popular Performance (Methuen Drama, 2017). See less