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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 7:11:02 GMT
I just think of the prime minister in Little Britain when I see Anthony Head.
I saw Anthony Head speak at a Doctor Who convention a few years ago, and all he got asked about was Little Britain & Buffy! Not one question about his Doctor Who appearance.
For me Anthony Head will always be the Gold Blend man. And Freddie Trumper in Chess. I saw him in that and remember wondering how many other brothers had ever played the same role in a West End musical (his brother Murray was the original Freddie on the recording and in the first cast).
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Post by stefy69 on Feb 1, 2017 7:28:40 GMT
Pleased to say that that booking was soooo painless !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 23:30:15 GMT
Felicity Kendal as Lettice
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 16, 2017 23:34:07 GMT
Penelope Keith was unavailable to play Lovage.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 23:39:44 GMT
Maureen Lipman as Lotte
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Post by nash16 on Feb 17, 2017 1:34:10 GMT
Oh gawd...
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Post by vdcni on Feb 17, 2017 8:37:26 GMT
Felicity Kendal is in a play and it isn't coming to Richmond Theatre, I thought that wasn't allowed!
I still remember the audible murmur that went through the audience from men of a certain age when in, I think, Amy's View she got water poured down her while wearing a white dress and they caught a glimpse of Kendal nipple.
I don't think Penelope Keith's last play came to Richmond either - another clear sign that civilisation is breaking down.
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Post by Jan on Feb 17, 2017 9:05:56 GMT
Maureen Lipman. Give me strength.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 17, 2017 11:16:13 GMT
Not a fan jan?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 17, 2017 11:16:33 GMT
Maureen Lipman. Give me strength. Cue more impassioned press interviews with Maureen Lipman where she forcefully gives her opinions on hot news topics of the day and demonstrates her ignorance. Anyway, shouldn't she be performing solely in the UK City of Culture this year? - her birthplace, as she's told us many times - not in LunnDunn!
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Post by Xanderl on Feb 17, 2017 11:23:36 GMT
Maureen will be furious to learn they've turned the car park under the Menier into another theatre.
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Post by Jan on Feb 17, 2017 11:45:25 GMT
Maureen will be furious to learn they've turned the car park under the Menier into another theatre. On the few occasions I've failed to avoid seeing her on stage she has always managed to effortlessly convey the message: "Look ! Look ! Look at me ! It's me, Maureen Lipman ! But I'm acting ! Aren't I acting well ! Look how good my acting is ! But it's really me, Maureen Lipman!" I used to have somewhat the same problem, but at a much higher acting level, with Sher years ago when he was on the brandy and cocaine diet. What's the betting Maureen treats us to a few lighhearted and VERY revealing articles on the rehearsal process ?
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 17, 2017 12:06:15 GMT
Well, after everything I've said about the Menier (see She Loves Me thread) I seem to have, um, just booked Love in Idleness for April! Oopsie! (I'll take a torch!)
And I will be first in the queue for Lettice and Lovage when booking opens as I would love to see those two ladies strutting their stuff close up. (Contrary to popular opinion I see!) I saw Dame Mags do it, so a hard act to follow.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 17, 2017 12:08:34 GMT
Can't think why, but I have just remembered when I saw Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket in The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 17, 2017 15:03:35 GMT
I had never been aware of anti anti-Maureen Lipman feeling until now - and so impassioned, too! On the contrary, if anything I thought she was regarded as a national treasure, but I was evidently wrong about that.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 17, 2017 15:21:14 GMT
During the run of A Little Night Music at the Menier there was quite a lot of noise coming from the nightclub that used to be next door so Maureen, in full costume, as it was in the middle of the show, swans in and asks them to turn the volume down. As it was a gay club the boys were so surprised and impressed to see her that they immediately did as they were told.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 17, 2017 16:00:47 GMT
I had never been aware of anti anti-Maureen Lipman feeling until now - and so impassioned, too! On the contrary, if anything I thought she was regarded as a national treasure, but I was evidently wrong about that. Without getting into too much politics, she has said some rather unfortunate things regarding the Palestinian people which could be seen as verging into bigotry,
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Post by d'James on Feb 17, 2017 16:22:17 GMT
Maureen will be furious to learn they've turned the car park under the Menier into another theatre. I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. Was there really a car park? What's the new theatre like?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 17, 2017 16:24:25 GMT
The Bunker.
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Post by Xanderl on Feb 17, 2017 16:41:19 GMT
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Post by Jan on Feb 17, 2017 19:46:37 GMT
I had never been aware of anti anti-Maureen Lipman feeling until now - and so impassioned, too! On the contrary, if anything I thought she was regarded as a national treasure, but I was evidently wrong about that. Without getting into too much politics, she has said some rather unfortunate things regarding the Palestinian people which could be seen as verging into bigotry,
Her politics are irrelevant as far as I am concerned, it's her acting I'm bothered about. It is true that people regard her as a national treasure, well, one person at least.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 18, 2017 5:29:01 GMT
That one person being ML herself, presumably?
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Post by Jan on Feb 18, 2017 7:59:49 GMT
That one person being ML herself, presumably? In later life the comedian Eric Sykes was cast in a few straight plays. One of these was Firs in The Cherry Orchard in a production at the Crucible Sheffield. At the first performance on his first entrance he walked to the front of the stage and said "I've never played a snooker hall before" Moral: There is a difference between an actor and a performer.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 18, 2017 10:29:22 GMT
In later life the comedian Eric Sykes was cast in a few straight plays. One of these was Firs in The Cherry Orchard in a production at the Crucible Sheffield. At the first performance on his first entrance he walked to the front of the stage and said "I've never played a snooker hall before" Moral: There is a difference between an actor and a performer. At the same theatre, Ralf Little played the offstage commentator in Richard Wilson's production of Richard Bean's comic play The Nap. The tense deciding frame of snooker in the World Snooker Final is played live on stage over several minutes, by Jack O'Connell and a professional snooker player, so Ralf Little has to adapt his commentary to the run of the balls each night. He included several hilarious comments which got good laughs from the audience. At the post-show q&a, someone asked how much of the commentary was scripted and how much improvised, and Richard Wilson pulled a face and said that there were prepared options for every possible eventuality but that tonight there had indeed been a couple of additional comments which really shouldn't have been there.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 18, 2017 15:53:04 GMT
Just read the play Love In Idleness. Dear God its dull. I wonder if they will breathe some life into it on stage but so little happens, the characters are annoying and it doesn't really say anything about anything. Glad I didn't book.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 20, 2017 12:36:37 GMT
Lipman has a reputation, shall we say. A couple of years ago a friend was asked to ghostwrite/assist with a biography. He was reluctant because she was a known nightmare. He didn't say who but we speculated either Cilla or Maureen until he saud "No, a good actress"
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 20, 2017 15:55:33 GMT
Head's up - Choco Factory have just tweeted that Idleness tix will be sold out by the end of the day so HURRY UP!
ETA Already got mine, she says with no trace of smugness....
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Post by Marwood on Feb 20, 2017 16:01:31 GMT
I can't even see it advertised on their website, is it a Menier mailing list only link to getting tickets? Edited: sorry, my mistake, I thought the double whammy of Felicity and Maureen was nearly sold out, I'm not bothered about the other play.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 20, 2017 16:03:01 GMT
Head's up - Choco Factory have just tweeted that Idleness tix will be sold out by the end of the day so HURRY UP! The power of Maureen Lipman. And she's not even in it, just parking her car in The Bunker while she rehearses for Lettice and Lovage.
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 20, 2017 16:25:38 GMT
^Lol! Children. Please read the question properly, right to the end, before attempting to answer....
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