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GEORGE TELFER
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below is a list of George Telfer's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Burton's Last Call Gielgud - a Knight in the TheatreBurton's Last Call
Synopsis:
An informal audience with legendary Richard Burton as he chats about his famous friends, career, turbulent love life and his rise from the humblest of beginnings to worldwide superstardom. He even performs his party piece - a famous Shakespearian speech recited backwards! All with his customary irrepressible twinkle, despite his constant demons - guilt at deserting his first wife and family, the pain of his brother's death, his constant battle with alcohol, and his wildly passionate yet ultimately destructive relationship with Elizabeth Taylor. She is a lifelong affair, and I'll love her till I die (Richard Burton).
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1st Produced:
Laughing Horse @ Espionage, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug 2013
Organisations:
Dotted Line Productions
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drama, solo show 55 minutes
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Synopsis:
A Knight in the Theatre sees Gielgud move from cricket-hating schoolboy to aging elder statesman, taking in the Old Vic, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Noel Coward, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. There's some bitchy reminiscing ("it was quite easy to have a difficult relationship with Larry"), but Telfer never overplays the campness, leaving us with a human portrait of a proud man. However, Gielgud lacks something of Burton's charisma and as a whole, the play feels a little slighter than its predecessor. It ends with a fiercely articulate man falling silent, his head slipping to his chest. It's a self-consciously Dramatic moment, but it would be, wouldn't it? - Scotsman
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scripted by George Telfer And Brian Pugh
1st Produced:
Cafe Royal Fringe Theatre, Edinburgh Aug 2004
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Genre:
Solo Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: - Other: -
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