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 Dwellers The Fringe Dwellers The Fringe Dwellers is a 1961 novel written by the Western Australian author Nene Gare. It was made into a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford. A young Aboriginal girl dreams of life beyond the family camp that sits on the fringe of white society. "The Fringe Dwellers" is acclaimed as being the first Australian film featuring Indigenous actors in all the major roles. "The Fringe Dwellers" received critical and international success when it was released in 1986, but gained only a lukewarm reception in Australia. Beresford had been interested in making a film from the novel