It was a joy and a privilege to see her live on stage - and see not Dame Angela Lansbury but rather see Madame Arcati! Because, Ms. Lansbury was just that good.
Always some ungallant prat to spoil the party. She wasn't being fed her lines but had the earpiece for a feeling of security and for the odd cue. I assume you didn't see her performance devonian.t because anyone with a bit of theatre experience would realise there was no way she was being fed the lines.
Speaking of prats, aparently ITV cut her acceptance speech in the broadcast, but someone was good enough to record the live stream from Covent Garden. Obviously not perfect quality, but here you go.
God, Brits are so reluctant with standing O's, aren't they? Ha. My favorite part, the gentleman approaching Dame Angela to escort her to the stage and her dismissing him until she was at the stairs.
On an unrelated note, why did the Oliviers give Kevin Spacey yet another chance to indulge his ego and live out his Rat Pack fantasy?
I'm predisposed to disliking him, so maybe it's just me, but his performance of Bridge Of Over Troubled Water was cringey in the extreme. Also, what did it have to do with the season's theatre? Yes, I hate-watched the entire six minutes.
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I like Angela lansbury as much as most people (although maybe not as much as some on here based on the gushing) but why people say it's about time and it's so deserved is beyond me. She hasn't worked in the uk for decades, she hasn't earnt an award until now. There is every chance she would have won an olivier years ago if she had actually decided to work in the west end (she has had offers), but she hasn't.
Well, in 1972 she made her West End debut in "All Over" with Peggy Ashcroft. Then in 1973 she starred in Gypsy (until 1974), and in 1975-1976 she played Hamlet's mother. And it's not true that she hadn't won any awards in London, because for example, she was the first woman to ever win the Plays and Players award for Gypsy. And frankly, I don't see what the fact that she hadn't been recently working in London has anything to do with the fact that she shouldn't have won. And what exactly were her other offers to work in London?