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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 3, 2020 0:07:15 GMT
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Post by Polly1 on Jan 3, 2020 0:18:05 GMT
I love Katharine Parkinson but this strikes me as A.Very.Bad.Idea.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 3, 2020 0:21:53 GMT
I could imagine Parkinson as Margot. But not Barbara
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Post by Jon on Jan 3, 2020 1:06:01 GMT
Seems to be a trend of sitcoms being adapted to the stage with the likes of Yes Prime Minister, Only Fools and Horses and The Upstart Crow.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Jan 3, 2020 2:16:20 GMT
This sounded like a bad idea when I first read but now I'm thinking if it was updated to your neighbors going "off grid" with more up to date tech then it could be interesting.
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Post by Jan on Jan 3, 2020 13:20:03 GMT
Is there an audience for this ? The sitcom ended in 1978.
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Post by londonpostie on Jan 3, 2020 13:24:45 GMT
Too late now but I could see it as a Brexit vehicle: Remainers (Barbara) vs. Leavers (Margot). So weird it might work  |
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Post by lynette on Jan 3, 2020 19:55:30 GMT
Guest appearance from our Greta.
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Post by clair on Jan 4, 2020 2:05:57 GMT
Add in a couple of additional neighbours in the form of Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith and I'm there!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 2:59:27 GMT
Katherine Parkinson does have a decent resemblance to Felicity so I could see it being workable. Fenella Woolgar would be a decent shout for Margot. The casting of Tom will be the key one as the show was really built around Richard Briers originally.
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Post by vdcni on Jan 4, 2020 12:13:39 GMT
It was but in the end Penelope Keith became the breakout star and the show became more of an ensemble piece. Most of the laughs ended up coming from Margot, I think she's the tougher role to cast well.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 5, 2020 12:15:59 GMT
Imogen Doel as Margot, please.
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Post by zahidf on Jan 27, 2020 9:00:38 GMT
Update
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Post by Jan on Jan 27, 2020 10:05:55 GMT
Katherine Parkinson does have a decent resemblance to Felicity so I could see it being workable. Fenella Woolgar would be a decent shout for Margot. The casting of Tom will be the key one as the show was really built around Richard Briers originally. Tom Hollander ? |
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Post by lynette on Jan 27, 2020 13:34:35 GMT
Katherine Parkinson does have a decent resemblance to Felicity so I could see it being workable. Fenella Woolgar would be a decent shout for Margot. The casting of Tom will be the key one as the show was really built around Richard Briers originally. Tom Hollander ? Be still my beating heart - this would be a good casting. |
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Post by duncan on Jan 27, 2020 16:52:16 GMT
Sadly I suspect Hollander is out of reach for this, think more Manford level.
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 27, 2020 22:18:11 GMT
Is this really stage material? I haven't seen the series in a long while but my memory is of a very safe, very twee show, certainly not something I can imagine shelling out top dollar for.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 27, 2020 22:24:20 GMT
It is one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time.
It isn't high art but it is a name to draw non regular theatregoers to buy tickets.
I don't think it will be a great play but it should be diverting. If they get the right cast, it will do well.
Yes, Prime Minister wasn't a great play but it sold tickets all round the country.
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Post by Jan on Jan 28, 2020 6:48:10 GMT
It is one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. It isn't high art but it is a name to draw non regular theatregoers to buy tickets. I don't think it will be a great play but it should be diverting. If they get the right cast, it will do well. Yes, Prime Minister wasn't a great play but it sold tickets all round the country. Plus it's got a nice preachy message about self-sufficiency triumphing over consumerism which is so on-trend it's the sort of thing the Donmar would stage. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2020 12:15:16 GMT
Katherine Parkinson does have a decent resemblance to Felicity so I could see it being workable. Fenella Woolgar would be a decent shout for Margot. The casting of Tom will be the key one as the show was really built around Richard Briers originally. Tom Hollander ? He'd be a good fit. I'll be interested to see how this works on stage. Most of the settings were the Good's kitchen, their garden and Jerry and Margot's living room so the staging should be fairly easy. Four leading characters and maybe a couple of ensemble as delivery/postman and friend of Margot or her cleaner - who would be played by the male and female understudies. |
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Post by lynette on Jan 28, 2020 12:25:41 GMT
It is one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. It isn't high art but it is a name to draw non regular theatregoers to buy tickets. I don't think it will be a great play but it should be diverting. If they get the right cast, it will do well. Yes, Prime Minister wasn't a great play but it sold tickets all round the country. Plus it's got a nice preachy message about self-sufficiency triumphing over consumerism which is so on-trend it's the sort of thing the Donmar would stage. Pity the Donmar didn't take it up .......i won’t go on. |
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Post by juliem on Jan 28, 2020 13:47:19 GMT
I reckon Miles Jupp would make a decent Tom.
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Post by Jan on Jan 28, 2020 14:01:46 GMT
I reckon Miles Jupp would make a decent Tom. Yes, good idea. Tied into his RSC contract though I suppose. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 28, 2020 18:34:45 GMT
Wonder who they will get to play Muriel and Geraldine? Oh I'm sure they'll have a go-to list of possibles... I'll get me coat. |
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Post by Jan on Jan 28, 2020 19:56:17 GMT
Who will play Jerry’s boss ? Originally the splendid Reginald Marsh who delivered exactly the same performance in George and Mildred, Terry and June, Only When I Laugh, Home to Roost and a host of other telly favourites.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 0:20:03 GMT
Who will play Jerry’s boss ? Originally the splendid Reginald Marsh who delivered exactly the same performance in George and Mildred, Terry and June, Only When I Laugh, Home to Roost and a host of other telly favourites. I always associate Reginald Marsh with Terry and June but he was one of those character actors who always played a similar part although John Barron as CJ was perhaps the definitive company boss. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 29, 2020 5:04:20 GMT
It's quite a short run in Bath which makes me think a transfer is likely, the earliest they could transfer would be late July/early August as the Duke of York's will be free from then.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 29, 2020 8:33:12 GMT
I hope Miss Mountshaft gets a mention!
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Post by schuttep on Jan 29, 2020 9:15:40 GMT
One of my favourite lines from the show is when Margot finds Barbara looking through some brown envelopes.
Margot: Bills?
Barbara: These are big enough to be Williams!
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Post by Jan on Jan 29, 2020 10:02:34 GMT
Possibly should be in the Nicholas Parsons thread. Anyway.
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