Theatre of the United Kingdom works are often characterised by menace or claustrophobia. Beckett also influenced Tom Stoppard (1937-) ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead",1966). Stoppard's works are however also notable for their high-spirited wit and the great range of intellectual issues which he tackles in different plays. Both Pinter and Stoppard continued to have new plays produced into the 1990s. "Beyond the Fringe" was a comedy stage revue written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller. It played in London's West End and then on New York's Broadway in the early 1960s, and is widely regarded as seminal to the
The Fringe of the Unknown in Science" (original title: "Why Do They Do It?") (from "Astounding Science Fiction", Sep. 1950)<br> 19. "Little Green Men from Afar" (from "The Humanist", Jul./Aug. 1976)<br> 20. "The Need to Know" (original title: "Pure Science") (from "The Book of Knowledge Annual", 1959)<br> "Acknowledgments" The Fringe of the Unknown The Fringe of the Unknown is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Prometheus Books in 1983. The book is a collection of articles that constitute a "study ... of controversial and often little-known happenings in science and technology, with an emphasis on the wayward activities