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1999Stand-up began with Music Hall in the nineteenth century,17 growing and developing out of pub entertainments in back rooms, where the only women present were prostitutes. It progressed to the solo woman on the bill and a tradition of singing songs in character, such as Marie Lloyd who represented ‘respectablillty’ on the one hand, whilst being viewed ...
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