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She's Done It Again (play)
''She's Done It Again'' is a 1969 comedy play by the British writer Michael Pertwee. A farce, it ran at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End theatre, West End from 15 October 1969 to 23 May 1970. This marked a shorter run than any of the Whitehall farces that star Brian Rix had appeared in, although it received considerably better reviews. Aside from Rix the London cast included Margaret Nolan, Anna Dawson, Leo Franklyn, Derek Royle, Robert Dorning, Michael Kilgarriff, Hazel Douglas and Anthony Sharp. A subsequent UK tour (31 August to 28 November 1970) involved some cast changes, including Valerie Leon replacing Margaret Nolan and Leonard Trolley substituting for Anthony Sharp.https://theatricalia.com/play/f8t/shes-done-it-again/production/13c3 References Bibliography * Foss, Roger. ''May the Farce Be With You''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. * Smith, Leslie. ''Modern British Farce: A Selective Study of British Farce from Pinero to the Present Day''. Rowman & Littlefield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pertwee
Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London – 17 April 1991, Camden, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Career Pertwee's credits included episodes of '' The Saint'', ''Danger Man'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' B-And-B'', ''Ladies Who Do'', ''Hong Kong'' and many other films and TV series. For the stage he co-wrote the 1938 thriller '' Death on the Table''. Personal life Pertwee was the son of screenwriter Roland Pertwee, the brother of Jon, a distant cousin of actor Bill, and the uncle of actor Sean. Between 1952 and 1959, Pertwee was married to the actress Valerie French. Filmography Writer * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) * '' Trouble in the Air'' (1948) * ''The Interrupted Journey'' (1949) * '' Something in the City'' (1950) * '' Black Jack'' (1950) * ''Laughter in Paradise'' (1951) * '' Night Was Our Friend'' (1951) * '' Happy Ever After'' (US title: ''Tonight's the Night'') (1954) with Jack Davies * '' Not Wanted on Voyage'' (1957) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dorning
Robert Dorning (13 May 1913 – 21 February 1989) was an English musician, dance band vocalist, ballet dancer and actor. He is known to have performed in at least 77 television and film productions between 1940 and 1988. Origins Robert Dorning was born at 108 Croppers Hill in St Helens, Lancashire, England, on 13 May 1913. His father was Robert John Dorning who worked in a local pit as a coal miner haulier and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Dorning, formerly Howard. He was educated at Cowley Grammar School in St Helens, where he also learnt to play violin and saxophone. After leaving school, Dorning studied drama and dance in Liverpool with the intention of becoming a ballet dancer. During the 1930s he had a brief career as a musical comedian in theatre, before choosing acting as his profession. Film roles Dorning's first known film role was in the crime drama '' They Came by Night'' (1940). His acting career was interrupted by World War II and service in the RAF. After being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Plays
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which engender dramatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Plays
1969 (Roman numerals, MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – USS Enterprise fire, An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 28 and injures 314. * January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. * January 18 – Failure of Soyuz 5's service module to separ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Trolley
Leonard Trolley (1 January 1918 – 10 February 2005) was an English actor, who is best known for playing ''Arthur Forrest'' in '' A Family Secret '' of the sixth episode of the third series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. He is also known for '' Tales of Unease'', ('Suspicious Ignorance', episode), '' The Message'', '' Rise and Fall of Idi Amin'', ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', '' Bergerac'', ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'', '' The Stud'', ''Consuming Passions'', In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro, ''Champions'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial ''The Faceless Ones''), '' Prelude to Fame'' and ''Z-Cars''. Partial filmography *'' Prelude to Fame'' (1950) - Waiter *''A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967) - Purser *''One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'' (1975) - Inspector Eppers *'' The Message'' (1976) - Silk Merchant *'' The Stud'' (1978) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' Rise and Fall of Idi Amin'' (1981) - Bob Astles *''Champions'' (1984) - Steward *'' In the Shadow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Leon
Valerie Therese Leon (born 12 November 1943) is an English actress and model who has had roles in many film and television productions, including six of the '' Carry On'' film series and two James Bond films, '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983) alongside Roger Moore and Sean Connery, respectively. She also had roles in high-profile films such as ''The Italian Job'' (1969), ''The Wild Geese'' (1978) and ''Revenge of the Pink Panther'' (1978) and had a starring role in the Hammer horror film '' Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971). Leon also appeared in the Hai Karate television adverts in the 1970s which gained her substantial publicity. She also became known globally as a sex symbol due to her glamorous looks and attractive figure, and was often referred to as the "English Raquel Welch". Early life Leon was born in Hampstead, London in 1943 to Henry and Daphne Leon (née Ehrmann) and is the eldest of four children. Her father was a director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sharp
Dennis Anthony John Sharp (16 June 1915 – 23 July 1984) was an English actor, writer and director. Stage career Anthony Sharp was a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA) and made his stage debut in February 1938 with HV Neilson's Shakespearean touring company, playing the Sergeant in ''Macbeth'' at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. Repertory engagements in Wigan, Hastings, Peterborough and Liverpool were followed by war service, after which he resumed his stage career at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate in September 1946, playing Hansell in ''Tangent''. He first appeared in the West End in ''Family Portrait'' at the Strand Theatre in February 1948. Among his many subsequent appearances were '' Cry Liberty'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1950), '' Who Goes There!'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1951), '' For Better, For Worse'' (Comedy Theatre 1952), ''Small Hotel'' (St Martin's Theatre 1955), '' No Time for Sergeants'' (Her Majesty's Theatre 1956), ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Douglas
Hazel Douglas (2 November 1923 – 8 September 2016) was an English actress. She portrayed Bathilda Bagshot in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1''. Her credits stretch back to the early days of television, and include ''Sunday Night Theatre'', ''The Worst Week of My Life'', '' Eyes Down'', ''The IT Crowd'', ''Gavin & Stacey'', ''Run Fatboy Run'', ''Casualty'', ''The Royal'', ''Asylum'', ''The Bill'', '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', ''At Home with the Braithwaites'', ''The Liver Birds'' and '' Vicious''. Douglas spent eleven years with Brian Rix's company in the Whitehall farces, joining in 1954 for John Chapman's Dry Rot, which ran for more than 1,400 performances. These comedies were also televised, and she appeared in episodes of the one-off comedies in the series Dial RIX (1962–63), with Rix and his wife Elspet Gray. Rix used to say that Hazel had the best double-take in the business. Recent work In 2009, she played the role of Mrs Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kilgarriff
Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937) is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton. As an actor, he is well known for his rich voice and height. His film and television roles include ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) as the General, and the ''Doctor Who'' serials '' The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967), ''Robot'' (1974–75) and ''Attack of the Cybermen'' (1985). Career Acting At tall, he is sought for certain roles, such as the Cyber Controller in Doctor Who, a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973) and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story ''Robot'' (1974–75). He returned to play the K1 robot in the Big Finish Productions Bernice Summerfield audio adventure '' The Relics of Jegg-Sau''. He did voice work for '' The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' as Obelix, the Jim Henson movie ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) as SkekUng, the Garthim master (Named "The General" in the movie), was film director Joe Steiner in the '' UFO'' episode " Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Royle
Derek Stanley Royle (7 September 1928 – 23 January 1990) was a British actor. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the early 1960s until his death. He had a supporting role in the Beatles' film ''Magical Mystery Tour'' in 1967, as well as a minor one with Cilla Black in the film ''Work Is a Four-Letter Word'' a year later. Most of his film appearances were in comedy films such as '' Tiffany Jones'' (1973), ''Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!'' (1974) and ''Confessions of a Sex Maniac'' (1974). Stage and television roles He appeared in a children's TV comedy series, ''Hogg's Back'' (1975) as Doctor Hogg, an eccentric general practitioner (GP); in 2016, this series appeared on Talking Pictures TV. Royle acted with Wendy Richard and Pat Coombs over two series. Hog's Back is a ridge of hills in Surrey. Royle played the hotel guest who dies in his room in the ''Fawlty Towers'' episode " The Kipper and the Corpse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrick Theatre
The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, named after the stage actor David Garrick. It opened in 1889 with ''The Profligate'', a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and another Pinero play, '' The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith'', was an early success at the theatre. In its early years, the Garrick appears to have specialised in the performance of melodrama. The theatre later became associated with comedies, including '' No Sex Please, We're British'', which played for four years from 1982 to 1986. History There was previously another theatre that was sometimes called the Garrick in London, in Leman Street, opened in 1831 and demolished in 1881.Allingham, Philip V"Theatres in Victorian London" The Victorian Web, 29 November 2015 The new Garrick Theatre was financed in 1889 by the playwright W. S. Gilbert, the author of over 75 plays, including the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. It was designed by Walter Emden, with C. J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
