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Mixture of irony and candyfloss camp

... Urged on by his pushing girl friend (Sylvia Kay) he opts for the former. Wolly Wenpol. The Complete Works, Saturday Night Theatre, ATV, February 7. Predictably (but pertinently) it is his burglar pal Nick who is disgusted by the dishonesty of the set-up ...

Published: Thursday 12 February 1970
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 516 | Page: 11 | Tags: review 

TELEVISION TODAY--Reviews: Albert and Victoria: The Last Word

... Albert and Victoria: The Last Word Yorkshire, August 14 by Donald Sartain WHEN SO many stories in the theatre, films and television have reflected the more sinister aspects of Victorian patriarchal society, it is refreshing and ethically and historically ...

Published: Thursday 19 August 1971
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 491 | Page: 41 | Tags: review 

TELEVISION TODAY--Reviews: Armchair Theatre: The Bargain Hunters

... Armchair Theatre: The Bargain Hunters Thames, August 10 by John Lawrence BILL MACILWRAITH'S play about a well-to-do couple who find what they think to be an Old Master in a friend's antique shop was a well-worked out comedy which was designed to show ...

Published: Thursday 19 August 1971
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 401 | Page: 41 | Tags: review 

TELEVISION TODAY Reviews: Armchair Theatre: Father's Help

... Armchair Theatre: Father's Help Thames, October 19 by John Lawrence FATHER'S HELP, written by, and also starring Michael Craig was a play about what happens when a father who is separated from his wife is lumbered with custody of his nine year old twin ...

Published: Thursday 28 October 1971
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 366 | Page: 14 | Tags: review 

TELEVISION TODAY: Reviews: Cilia BBC-1, November 13

... James Towler SUCH is the combined strength of personality and television that Cilia Black can take over the BBC Television Theatre and do more or less as she pleases. The fact that she does it live provides an additional novelty to a presentation which ...

Published: Thursday 18 November 1971
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 15 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: EDINBURGH

... EDINBURGH 'Cinderella' EDINBURGH'S lunch-hour Pool Theatre presented a thorough going pantomime, but a panto with a difference. Tederella by David Edgar is a witty political satire combining all the traditional elements of the Cinderella story with an ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: STOKE-ON-TRENT

... resident playwright, Bill Morrison, Alad din and His Magic Lamp is a pot-pourri ol all tnat goes to make Christmas in the theatre so splendidly happy. With the aid of apt musical additions by Stuart Johnson and dexterous design by Graham Marsden, Bill ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: MOTHERWELL

... Whittington' MOTHERWELL and Wishaw Town Council present their first-ever pantomime in the very comfortable and modern Civic Theatre. The choice is Dick Whittington. pleasingly acted by a company headed by Phil McCall, who plays Dame and also directs briskly ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: WORTHING

... the lamp and the Emperoi with conviction. CAST ALADDIN Pantomime by Peter John presented by Worthing and District Oonnaught Theatre Trust Ltd. at Hie Connaugiit. Worthing, on December 27. MuaTcal director, Marcus Martin, Accom panists. Marcus Martin. Cella ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 288 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: BILLINGHAM

... project any personality at all. CAST COODY TWO SHOES Pantomime presented by Paul Elliott and Duncan C. Weklon for Triumph Theatre Productions at the Forum. Billingham. on December 27. Musical director. Bunny Thompson. Directed and choreographed by Robert ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 16 | Tags: review 

MORE CHRISTMAS SHOW REVIEWS: NORWICH

... backing. CAST SINBAD THE SAILOR Pantomime presented by Howard and Wyndham In assoclaUon with MAM (Promotions) Ltd at the Theatre Rival. Norwich, on D-cember 27. Book by Alan Curtis and John Law with music by Peter Day and Bobby Pagan. Musical director ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 335 | Page: 16 | Tags: review