oh boy, I cannot wait to be in the, Monarchy! Hello, it’s me, Brittney Lee Hill Collier. My destiny is to be a famous, British actress, and a Royal, for the United Kingdom. :D HAHA, and I figured out that Henry Cavill is supposed to be my Husband. That means, his Destiny is to be a Royal, with me, too. Henry Cavill is from the United Kingdom. He is British. He is the Famous, British Actor who plays, Superman. He has also been in, The Tudors (it is a television show), The Man from Uncle, Mission: Impossible-Fallout, Enola Holmes, and, he plays Superman again, in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. I figured out he was my Husband in March, of 2021. Gosh, I’ve been trying to figure out which Famous, White Actor was my Husband since, the year 2011, or so. So now, I’ll be traveling back to the United Kingdom, from Fullerton, C.A. (Fullerton, C.A. is in the country of the United States). I went to the United Kingdom, already, in 2020. Now that I know who my husband is, and that he does live in the United Kingdom, I’ll be heading back to the United Kingdom, this year, for the final time, to marry him. Yay for me, it’s Henry Cavill! :D I’m so excited! He IS super sexy; a real, LIVE Prince. I’m lucky. We are both super sexy and confident. He has a really cute home (I’ve seen it online), and a wonderful looking family (I’ve checked them out online, too)! I want lots of kids. I know how much he values family, and tradition. He’s my dream man. He is so beautiful. I am a cute, sexy, obedient, traditional, Southern, African American female, and I still haven’t gotten to meet him. What the heck, world? Society has been so disobedient, disoriented, purposeless, and in disarray, that I couldn’t EVEN muster the ability to simply fly to the United Kingdom, meet my husband, and be married. I AM happy, that I have the money, and the ability to fly back to the United Kingdom. I will simply, bring a backpack, and hike around the United Kingdom, until I find him
@@qui_etes_vous Dear Lady Collier-Cavill I found your comment absolutely fantastically wonderful! Bravo Your Grace!!! You have the most wonderful personality and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the details about your exciting life ;-) Best wishes to you always ❤
@@nlcrme I am happy that you enjoyed this! I am truly- touched! Best wishes to us- all- silly :D ! -Brittney Lee Hill Collier, Tuesday, June, 1st, 2021. 6:38 a.m.
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! And everyone was fantastic! Especially the director! With this cast and this director, I don’t see how this play can EVER be improved upon.
Thanks for posting this wonderfully witty play. This is my third viewing over several years. Generous people like you give us quality alternatives to the lackluster programs on cable and Netflix. This is one of the gold nuggets on RU-vid that can be found with careful mining.
This is true. But the congratulations given to RU-vid and the poster do not get through to the people who created the content we enjoyed. Could Alphabet be a little less rich and the creatives a great deal better rewarded?
Yes, everyone is terrific. They really are and, of course, Donald is the master of the stage (I did see him once on stage in a Sheridan play and he was sheer joy) but can I just add a word in appreciation of Gwen Watford; acting perfection!
Thank you so much for posting this. Delightful and entertaining, a great cast all around. And what a voice Donald Sinden had ~ depth and resonance at once.
I came to live in London from the Philippines in the late ‘80s and came to adore British theatre, Britain’s immeasurable contribution to world culture. But I totally missed the career of the brilliant Donald Sinden, sadly. I’ve just discovered his magnificent terpsichorean talent upon viewing this Coward classic and am now hoping to find his other filmed performances on YT. Thank you for this ! 🥰
The overacting is deliberate. Noel Coward was satirizing the theatrical conventions of his day. The play would not work at all if the actors did not "overact."
I never really liked DS much. My opinion has changed. What a performance! Love and admire him now. JF was sooo good too. He certainly headed Noel Cowards advice about there being room for Dukes and Duchesses in the interview that followed this - "Noel Coward on acting. I imagine every aspect of this was experienced by NC at some point in his life. What fun ! He used it to create another gleeful masterpiece. Who sounded just like Katherine Hepburn? You'll see, a clue from her performance in "The Lion in Winter." - "We did it, you were 'in the next room' when we did it!" (Henry - Peter O. Toole - accused his banished Queen of having slept with his father. Not seen it- don't fail to buy it. Anthony Hopkins film debut.)
Ah yes Noël Coward. It’s really important when you produce one of his plays that the whole cast should avoid performing as if they were acting in one of Noel Coward’s plays
I agree, it needs a style that is lighter and faster to make the comedy truly fly. Coward, at his very best, comes close to the Theatre of the Absurd. Donald Sinden milks the part here and the play never really gets airborne for very long. Dinah Sheridan's performance has a bit of steel about it, though. Nevertheless, very enjoyable, as you say.
Julian Fellowes as Mr More. He wrote Downton Abbey! (Do you like my play?) Gwen Watford played the best friend of Miss Marple in the Joan Hickson BBC production of the Body in the Library. Most of the actors actresses here use the tapped r or trilled r sound in very, ferry etc. I have been teaching this to ten year olds this week.
I love your comment, but why are you teaching it to ten year olds? I hope you are teaching them to wear dressing gowns, use cigarette holders correctly and how to make a very, very dry Martini. If the 2040s turn out to be a carbon copy of the 1940s they should be quids in.
Yes, it is an amazing set, and that striped wall with the framed theatrical prints is perfectly in period for the late 30s/early 40s where there was a sort of a Regency Moderne style. I was rewatching the David Lean "Blithe Spirit" recently. By some miracle the 1940s no longer looks to my eye "mostly hideous" but now "mostly exquisite". Gold lacquer coffee cups by Noritake, a bathroom suite in eau de nil, scallop shaped sofas; now suddenly all to die for. It has not changed, I have, but I suppose as the styles of our own era continue to evolve we are always reappraising.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the play a couple of time. One performance had the highlight of Edward Fox playing the Valet, always a superb performance, and the other with Rik Mayall as the lead. Rik, was Rik. If you’ve saw him on stage, you’ll know what I mean. Very funny, kept the cast guessing as to what he was going to do next, and a lot of playing to the audience. Especially when flicking the v’s to the audience when he fluffed a line. It was less than conventional but hilarious.
There is nothing on the stage today to compare with this. I LOVED it!! My only regret is not seeing it live on stage 😢😢. Im in Australia and i know that if this play was presented here, it would pale into insignificance compared to this older English version.
I first fell (madly) for Donald Sinden in "Mad About Men", with Glynis Johns as a mermaid. And then I loved him in the t.v. series "Two's Company" with Elaine Stritch.
