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JONATHAN KYDD
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below is a list of Jonathan Kydd's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Hard Boiled Egg And The Wasp Hey, Get A LifeHard Boiled Egg And The Wasp
Synopsis:
Play about comedian Dan Leno. supposedly 'the funniest man in the world' and 'World Champion Clog Dancer' who died of a brain tumour aged 44 in 1904. 30,000 people lined the streets in London on the day of his funeral to see the procession. Best known for his patter songs, frquently donning the clothes of an old woman, he spent a period of his life in a mental institution in an attempt to cure his headches which were wrongly diagnosed at the time. The play takes place during this period of illness prior to his death. It's a comedy!
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Book And Lyrics by Jonathan Kydd Music by Andy Street
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Giant Olive Theatre
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Genre:
comedy musical
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: -
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Synopsis:
The piece is a four hander, featuring 17 original songs and concerns a troupe of singing Dentists from the US attempting to sell a Self Help book to the audience. One of the dentists is ill and his place is taken by the English stage manager who doesn't know the piece and does his best to subvert it. He causes each of the group to re-evaluate their lives and forces one of them off stage. He then sings his own songs and we in the audience then realise we've been rooting for the wrong person as he is a somewhat sick individual with a love of heavy metal. The Stage Newspaper described it as 'a marvellous piece of meta theatre'. The show at Jermyn Street was a saga of woe as the opening night had to be rearranged due to the Stage manger breaking her arm and leg on the day of the technical rehearsal. (she slipped on a milkshake at Victoria Tube Station) as one of the cast had dropped out to do an episode of the soap Holby City, and had only been replaced the week before, the actors were slightly relieved to have more rehearsal time, but it meant that as the first night was delayed, only three critics came. The piece may well be represented in the near future. ah the joys of fringe!
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: 4 hander
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