Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Stand-up" in French language version.
« [C]omedians like Max Miller, Tommy Trinder, Ted Ray, Billy Russell, Suzette Tarri, Beryl Reid and Frankie Howerd performed something which was stand-up comedy in all but name. These performers were known as 'front-cloth comics.' The name derives from the staging of British variety theatre, in which acts which used the full stage—such as sketch comedians who normally used the set—alternated with ones which could be performed in front of the [stage] curtain—the front-cloth comedians… Front-cloth comedy existed at least as early as the 1920s… [British] [f]ront-cloth comedians… [survived] their US equivalents, the monologists, because British variety survived decades longer than American vaudeville… [F]ront-cloth comics on the variety theatres had used catchphrases, costumes and comic personas, their acts fleshed out with songs and even dances »
« In 1929, he finally settled on Frank Randle and became a 'front-cloth' comic, performing his character sketch routines. »
« The line connecting Max Miller to modern comedians such as Michael McIntyre is by no means unbroken, but the fact is that the very form of stand-up evolved from music hall song, and started life as the front cloth comedy of variety. »
