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Why Do So Few Comedians Receive Knighthoods? by Suzi Steffen

“The idea of a mirth-maker being granted a title was preposterous. No entertainer ever received a knighthood before the actor Henry Irving in 1895.”

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:15pm on June 14, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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