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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 15, 2023 21:53:22 GMT
Interesting cast list…
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 16, 2023 10:19:52 GMT
They always said Benny made a good Bottom.
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Post by petrolino on Jul 16, 2023 11:47:12 GMT
Barbara Windsor said Benny Hill was a comic genius.
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 16, 2023 13:15:52 GMT
They always said Benny made a good Bottom. Cheeky! ![[sun]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/xxbZAntehYJKWsTebBax.gif) |
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Post by amyghost on Jul 19, 2023 0:25:27 GMT
I have got to check this one out.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jul 21, 2023 10:12:35 GMT
Barbara Windsor said Benny Hill was a comic genius. Hal Roach said he would have made a great silent movie comic. |
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Post by petrolino on Jul 22, 2023 0:19:46 GMT
Barbara Windsor said Benny Hill was a comic genius. Hal Roach said he would have made a great silent movie comic. When the veteran Hal Roach was asked during a campus lecture if any modern comic measured up to the greats of the past, he replied “I guess there’s only one Benny Hill”.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 22, 2023 15:51:08 GMT
Brits seem to be born able to successfully play Shakespeare without any training or previous experience, even primarily comedy actors. Witness John Cleese as Petruchio in “The Taming Of The Shrew” (1980) and Leonard Rossiter as the title character in “King John” (1984).
I saw a professional company’s performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” just five days ago, so I have Nick Bottom, the Weaver, in the front of my mind and believe that Benny Hill would have been a Shakespeare acting legend if he had ever taken on the role – or that of Dogberry, Touchstone, Falstaff, or Lear’s Fool.
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