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 Oxford Revue Cambridge Union. In August 2010, the Revue took the show, "The Oxford Revue is Going Places", to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, under the presidency of Ollie Mann and the direction of Rory O'Keeffe. The poster was designed by photographer Adam Levy. They performed at the Underbelly venue and sold well, receiving 4 stars from Broadway Baby. The Revue have since updated their website (www.oxfordrevue.org) and continue to perform twice-termly 'Audrey' comedy nights in the Wheatsheaf pub. The annual collaborative show with the Durham Revue and Cambridge Footlights 'Funny Friends' continues to take place in the Oxford Playhouse. The current (2018/19)