Theatre
In 2010 the show was adapted into a theatre play that toured the UK. The cast included:
- Rachel Bell as Hyacinth
- Gareth Hale as Onslow
- David Janson as Mr Edward Milton, a new character created for the stage show (Janson had previously appeared in the TV show as The Postman)
- Steven Pinder as Emmet
- Kim Hartman as Elizabeth
- Rachel Bell as Rose
The character Richard (Hyacinth's husband – a main character in the original show) is frequently referred to (Hyacinth addresses to him off-stage, talks to him on the phone etc.), but does not actually appear in the production.
The main plot of the show revolves around Emmet directing a play at the local village hall, when Hyacinth is cast in the play's leading role disaster is in the making...
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Famous quotes containing the word theatre:
“As in a theatre the eyes of men,
After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious,
Even so, or with much more contempt, men’s eyes
Did scowl on gentle Richard.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts.”
—David Hare (b. 1947)
“Make them laugh, make them cry, and back to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise.... I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.”
—Mary Pickford (1893–1979)