Adelaide's YES MINISTER Adds May 22 Preview Date
by James T Harding
- Apr 16, 2012
The producers of the current Australian tour of Yes, Prime Minister starring Philip Quast as the suave and cynical Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Mark Owen-Taylor as the embattled Prime Minister Jim Hacker, have announced an additional preview performance of the West End comedy hit on Tuesday 22 May at 6.30pm.
Ottawa Little Theatre Presents BEYOND A JOKE, 5/1
by Max Schwager
- Mar 28, 2012
The Ottawa Little Theatre presents BEYOND A JOKE, a farce by Derek Benfield. The show is directed by Dorothy Gardner and runs from May 1st - 19th with a matinee on May 13th.
British Dramatist Sir John Mortimer Dies At Age 85
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 16, 2009
The British dramatist Sir John Mortimer has died at age 85 after a long illness. Mortimer is best known for his Rumpole of Bailey series of books, plays, and TV episodes.
Horace Rumpole's speciality is defending those accused of crime in London's Old Bailey. Mortimer created Rumpole for Rumpole of the Bailey, a 1975 contribution to the BBCs Play For Today anthology series. Played with gusto by Leo McKern, the character proved popular, and was developed into a Rumpole of the Bailey television series for Thames Television and a series of books (all written by Mortimer). In September/October 2003, BBC Radio 4 broadcast four new 45-minute Rumpole dramatizations by Mortimer starring Timothy West in the title role. He also dramatised many of the real-life cases of the barrister Edward Marshall-Hall in a radio series starring ex-Doctor Who star Tom Baker.
In 1986, his description of what he saw as Britain's descent into the viciousness of Thatcherism - Paradise Postponed - was televised.
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