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Fun and Games with Noël Coward

A Practical Way into the Coward Style for Young ActorsI am just an ingnueAnd shall be till Im eighty-two.Little Women from THIS YEAR OF GRACE, 1928Children who want to play find ad...
 
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Charles Dickens and the Characters of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Charles Dickens and the Characters of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

 Shakespeares quill created some of the most stunning representatives of humanity - Lear, Hamlet, Othello - but it was Charles Dickens who gave us people. The tragic heroes of Shakespeare ...
 
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about  A Christmas Carol *      (*But were always afraid to ask)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about A Christmas Carol * (*But were always afraid to ask)

Once upon a time - of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve - old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house...A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of best known stories in the world. It is the archetyp...
 
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STAR WARS: Return of the Voice Clone

STAR WARS: Return of the Voice Clone

 Putting together this short selection of voices took me back to when I first saw STAR WARS on its original theatrical release in 1977. I was sixteen. Pretty much the perfect age! I could enj...
 
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The Man with the Female Voice

The Man with the Female Voice

A question that often comes up is Why do you do so many women? I used to be a bit defensive about this, pointing out that Stanley Baxter did lots of female voices too, notably the Queen, and even ...
 
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Looking at Some of the Great Character Voices in the HARRY POTTER Film Series

Looking at Some of the Great Character Voices in the HARRY POTTER Film Series

My 16 voices the from the HARRY POTTER film series that can be heard on the video are:Richard Harris as Professor Albus DumbledoreDame Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagallAlan Rickman...
 
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ODYSSEY* (*But Were Always Afraid to Ask)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ODYSSEY* (*But Were Always Afraid to Ask)

 What is the ODYSSEY?The ODYSSEY is an epic poem of just over 12,000 lines. It is written in an ancient form of Greek that would have appeared to be from a bygone age even to the dram...
 
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CISSIE AND ADA - A look back at the UK Tour plus an analysis of the comedy of Les Dawson's and Roy Barraclough's 'Cissie and Ada' characters

CISSIE AND ADA - A look back at the UK Tour plus an analysis of the comedy of Les Dawson's and Roy Barraclough's 'Cissie and Ada' characters

 'CISSIE AND ADA: AN HYSTERICAL RECTOMY'You could feel the warmth of the audience for Cissie and Ada as soon as Eric Potts and I walked onto The Lowry theatre stage. As the lights cam...
 
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SPITTING IMAGE: Just Spit or Real Satire?

SPITTING IMAGE: Just Spit or Real Satire?

 SPITTING IMAGE had been going about a month or so and I was having lunch with the producer John Lloyd. John was rarely cross and even when he was it came out more as exasperation. That day J...
 
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