Cambridge Footlights
The Cambridge student comedy troupe that several Pythons came through.
The Cambridge Footlights is a student sketch comedy troupe at the University of Cambridge, founded in 1883 and one of Britain's oldest. It is run by Cambridge students and became known in the 1960s as a centre of comedy and satire.
Quick Facts
- Formed
- 1883
- Genre
- Amateur theatrical club
- Location
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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Background
John Cleese came out of the Footlights in the 1960s, and Eric Idle joined the club while studying English at Pembroke College; Graham Chapman, Cleese and Idle were the Cambridge graduates who created Monty Python's Flying Circus with Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.
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