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littlequeenies · 3 months
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JANE ASHER'S PRODUCTION THE CIRCLE IS TOURING IN THE UK!
Theatre Royal, Bath (10th – 20th January 2024) Cambridge Arts Theatre (23rd – 27th January 2024) Chichester Festival Theatre (30th January – 3rd February 2024) Oxford Playhouse (6th – 10th February 2024) Festival Theatre, Malvern (13th – 17th February 2024) Richmond Theatre (20th – 24th February 2024).
Cast Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney - Jane Asher Arnold Champion-Cheney - Pete Ashmore Clive Champion-Cheney - Clive Francis Lord Porteous - Nicholas Le Prevost Teddie Luton - Chirag Benedict Lobo Elizabeth Champion-Cheney - Olivia Vinall George Murray - Robert Maskell
Director - Tom Littler Designer - Louie Whitemore Lighting Designer - Chris McDonnell Sound Designer - Max Pappenheim Assistant Director - Sam Woof Costume Supervisor - Evelien Van Camp Production LX - Amy Hill Deputy Stage Manger - Vicky Zenetzi Assistant Stage Manager - Lily Collins
Somerset Maugham's THE CIRCLE, directed by Tom Littler💍 Jane Asher (Alfie) plays Lady Kitty, a society beauty who notoriously abandoned her stuffy husband Clive (Clive Francis, The Crown), and eloped with the handsome Lord Porteous (Nicholas Le Prevost, Shakespeare in Love). Thirty years later, love’s young dream has descended into non-stop squabbling…Meanwhile, Clive and Lady Kitty’s son Arnold (Pete Ashmore, The Lovely Bones) faces the same marital fate, as his wife Elizabeth (Olivia Vinall, The Woman in White) threatens to elope with the dashing Teddie Luton (Chirag Benedict Lobo, Life of Pi). Will history come full circle? Or can one generation learn from their parents’ disastrous mistakes?
📷: Ellie Kurttz
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therealmrpositive · 1 year
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The War of the Worlds (2019)
In today's review, I find that early 20th-century earth might not spar well with aliens. As I attempt a #positive review of the 2019 miniseries The War of the Worlds #EleanorTomlinson #RafeSpall #RupertGraves #NicholasLePrevost #HarryMelling #JonathanAris
Often in sci-fi action spectacles, the aliens pose some threat, and then we kick their butt and send them with the tail between their legs. However, hardly any screen time left to focus on the momentous task of trying to rebuild society, after this world-ravage conquest. In 2019, almost a century after the groundbreaking volume of alien invasion was written, the B.B.C. produced a three-part…
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kwebtv · 6 months
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The Jewel in the Crown - ITV - January 9, 1984 - April 3, 1984
Period Drama (14 episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Peggy Ashcroft as Barbara Batchelor
Janet Henfrey as Edwina Crane
Derrick Branche as Ahmed Kasim
Charles Dance as Sgt Guy Perron
Geraldine James as Sarah Layton
Rachel Kempson as Lady Manners
Art Malik as Hari Kumar
Wendy Morgan as Susan Layton
Judy Parfitt as Mildred Layton
Tim Pigott-Smith as Supt./Capt/Maj/Lt Col Ronald Merrick
Eric Porter as Count Dmitri Bronowsky
Susan Wooldridge as Daphne Manners
Ralph Arliss as Capt. Samuels
Geoffrey Beevers as Capt Kevin Coley
James Bree as Maj/Lt Col Arthur Grace
Jeremy Child as Robin White
Warren Clarke as Cpl "Sophie" Dixon
Rowena Cooper as Connie White
Anna Cropper as Nicky Paynton
Fabia Drake as Mabel Layton
Nicholas Farrell as Edward "Teddie" Bingham
Matyelok Gibbs as Sister Ludmila Smith
Carol Gillies as Clarissa Peplow
Rennee Goddard as Dr Anna Klaus
Jonathan Haley and Nicholas Haley as Edward Bingham Jr
Saeed Jaffrey as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
Karan Kapoor as Colin Lindsey
Rashid Karapiet as Judge Menen
Kamini Kaushal as Shalini Sengupta
Rosemary Leach as Fenella "Fenny" Grace
David Leland as Capt Leonard Purvis
Nicholas Le Prevost as Capt Nigel Rowan
Marne Maitland as Pandit Baba
Jamila Massey as Maharanee Aimee
Zia Mohyeddin as Mohammad Ali Kasim
Salmaan Peerzada as Sayed Kasim
Om Puri as Mr de Souza
Stephen Riddle as Capt Dicky Beauvais
Norman Rutherford as Edgar Maybrick
Dev Sagoo as S.V. Vidyasagar
Zohra Sehgal as Lady Lili Chatterjee
Frederick Treves as Lt Col John Layton
Stuart Wilson as Capt James Clark
Leslie Grantham as Signals Sergeant
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peterviney1 · 3 months
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The Circle- review
W. Somerset Maugham’s THE CIRCLE is on tour (review linked). We saw it at Chichester. Casting is a great plus, with Jane Asher, Nicholas Le Prevost and Clive Francis exuding the quality and articulation of long stage experience. The younger element, Olivia Vinall, Peter Ashmore and Daniel Burke are right up there with them. It’s as good a version of the play as you will find, and very funny,…
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Out Now: Big Finish’s The War Doctor Begins - He Who Fights With Monsters
Out Now: @bigfinish’s #DoctorWho The War Doctor Begins - He Who Fights With Monsters
The fourth and final (?) volume of The War Doctor Begins sees the titular incarnation (Jonathon Carley) on a mission to assassinate a mysterious Time Lord, the Barber Surgeon (Nicholas Le Prevost), in He Who Fights With Monsters – a three-part epic written by Robert Valentine. Since the very start of the War Doctor’s origin series, I’ve been so impressed with Jonathon Carley’s portrayal of this…
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podsteklom · 6 years
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В купальне (In The Baths). 1881. Nicholas Le Prevost
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moviesandmania · 5 years
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Here Comes Hell - UK, 2019
Here Comes Hell – UK, 2019
Here Comes Hell is a 2019 British comedy horror feature film directed by Jack McHenry from a screenplay co-written with Alice Sidgwick. The Trashouse Films production stars Margaret Clunie, Nicholas Le Prevost, Robert Llewellyn and Timothy Renouf.
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A sophisticated 1930s soiree at an isolated country mansion descends into carnage and demonic possession as rivalries and old friendships are…
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When it comes to recycling movie costumes, it’s far more common to come across costumes on women instead of men. Wardrobe pieces for men and women are recycled with the same frequency, but in general, and with a few exceptions throughout various eras, clothing for men has been less showy or detailed than that of women, and thus much harder to spot a second time. This is not to imply that costume designers today do not put the same amount of thought or work into costumes for male characters - merely that they generally do not jump off the screen as easily.   However, there was a time when the wardrobes of male characters weren’t given the same consideration of those of female characters. Deborah Noodleman Landis’ excellent book Hollywood Costume states that:
The busy wardrobe department at Paramount was divided into two sections: women’s and character costumes….in keeping with the practice at the time, as chief designer Greer only clothed the principle women in a film.
It was not at all uncommon to see the credits on a film stating “Gowns by Adrian.” with no real credit to any other designer for working on clothing for the men.  Again, this is no longer the case, and costumers today work with both men and women characters, giving them thoughtfully designed costumes to fit their character’s personality.   Still, certain eras such as the 16th and 18th century tend to stick out more for male clothing.
This beautifully detailed Elizabethan doublet was worn by Nicholas le Prevost as Robert Sir DeLesseps in the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love. The piece was designed by Sandy Powell, for which she won an Oscar for Best Costume Design. The costume went on to be used again in the 2005 mini-series The Virgin Queen, where it was worn on Tom Hardy as Robert Dudley.  It was worn a second time in 2005 on Tom Sturridge as William Herbert in A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets.   Lastly, it was used in the 2007 first season of Showtime’s The Tudors, where it was worn on Jonathan Rhys Myers as Henry VIII.
Costume Credit: Katie S.
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stitching-in-time · 7 years
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My Fair Lady Picspam: Part 4! Behind the scenes photos from the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2017 production of My Fair Lady starring Lisa O’Hare as Eliza Doolittle and Richard E. Grant as Henry Higgins. Photos by Andrew Cioffi.
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mariacallous · 3 years
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I played Beatrice opposite Nicholas le Prevost’s Benedick in Greg Doran’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at the RSC in Stratford and later at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in 2002 when I was in my early fifties. It was therefore a tale of middle-aged love.
In a context in which unmarried women were viewed as either innocent virgins, whores or old maids, it was refreshing to play a Beatrice who is something in between. If she is a virgin, she is not innocent; and her love/hate for Benedick is a long-standing love/hate exclusively reserved for him, therefore she is no whore. Old maid she may be, but her self-professed scorn for the state of marriage and her one-off originality safeguard her from any pity. In my own life I had had experience of this fragile state and had occasionally worn a similar mask.
Harriet Walter, Brutus and Other Heroines: Playing Shakespeare’s Roles for Women
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littlequeenies · 1 year
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Rehearsals for THE CIRCLE are underway! For his inaugural production as OT Artistic, Tom Littler directs Jane Asher, Pete Ashmore, Clive Francis, Nicholas Le Prevost, Robert Maskell, Chirag Lobo and Olivia Vinall. Will history come full circle? Or can one generation learn from their parents’ disastrous mistakes? Somerset Maugham’s sparky comedy of manners was first staged in 1921 and has remained a firm favourite with audiences ever since. Playing at the OT from 29 April, book early for the best seats at the lowest prices🎟️ 💬Captions available on: Mon 5 June 🔵 Relaxed Performance: Wed 7 June ↔️ Distanced Performance: Tue 16 May 👁️‍🗨️Audio Description available on: Tue 30 May 🗣️ Post-show talk free to same-day ticket holders on Wed 10 May 🎥 Stream on demand via OT On Screen between 20 and 23 June [ID: The cast of The Circle stand in a line in the OT rehearsal rooms.] #janeasher #thecircle #londontheatre
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mariocki · 5 years
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RIP Sheila Steafel (26.5.1935 - 23.8.2019)
I recently started watching Granada's 70's children's series The Ghosts Of Motley Hall (1976 - 1978), as certain mutuals will attest, and found it suddenly became compulsive viewing - so much so that I watched all three series in a little over a week. It's with some sadness, then, that I read of the passing of Motley Hall star Sheila Steafel during that very week.
Born Sheila Frances Steafel in Johannesburg, in 1935, to English emigrees Harold and Eda, Sheila was introduced to the stage at an early age. Her father directed and acted in amateur theatre productions, whilst her mother was a gifted pianist, and her childhood was one of music and culture: both parents were involved in organising a choir at the local synagogue, which Sheila sang for. At school she got into trouble for writing a risqué pantomime - already she was making waves as a comic performer.
In 1953, Steafel abandoned her university education in South Africa and moved to Britain. She applied to study at RADA, and completed a preparatory term before being told that her 'unusual' looks and mannerisms would be a hinderence for a young performer; she was advised to wait until her thirties and try to become a character actor. She refused to give up on her career, however, instead enrolling in the renowned Webber Douglas Academy, winning the Margaret Rutherford award for comedy.
Roles on television soon followed, with guest spots on the likes of No Hiding Place (1959), and a supporting role in the 1960 adaptation of H. G. Wells' Kipps. She fared even better onstage, taking over the role of Barbara opposite Tom Courtenay in Lindsay Anderson's celebrated production of Billy Liar in 1961. There were some more genre credits - episodes of The Odd Man (1962) and it's sequel It's Dark Outside (1965), Sergeant Cork (1963) and Danger Man (1966), as well as small film roles in the likes of Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), Quatermass And The Pit (1967) and Otley (1968). By the middle of the decade, however, Steafel was settling happily into the genre for which she had always seemed destined: comedy.
Over the next decade or so, Sheila became the first choice of support for almost every major comedian on British television. The list of shows she worked on makes for an enviable CV, and she was variously comic foil, stooge, straight-woman and love interest to anyone who was anyone in TV comedy. She worked with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Frankie Howerd, Eric Sykes and Spike Milligan; she was in every episode of Bernard Cribbins' 1970 sketch show, appeared alongside Tommy Cooper, The Goodies, Kenny Everett and Roy Hudd. She was part of the regular cast of the seminal satirical series That Was The Week That Was (1966 - 1967), playing against John Cleese and Ronnies Barker and Corbett, all at the start of their long careers. The 'unusual' looks that had seen her dropped from RADA did not, seemingly, prevent her from becoming an almost ubiquitous face on British comic television throughout the 1960s and 1970s - it didn't hurt, either, that she had impeccable comic timing and a versatility which meant she could turn her hand to almost any role.
In 1976, Sheila was cast in the role which, for many viewers, she would be best remembered. Richard Carpenter, the actor turned scriptwriter, had already made his name with the children's series Catweazle (1970 - 1971) when he started work on The Ghosts Of Motley Hall. Unlike his earlier work, Motley was more of an ensemble piece, following the misadventures of a group of spirits tied to a former stately home as they attempt to prevent it's sale or demolition. There were to be five ghosts in all, representing a range of eras; from Arthur English's Elizabethan jester Bodkin, through to Freddie Jones' 19th century General, Sir George Uproar. The cast was completed with Nicholas Le Prevost, as Jones' dim ancestor Sir Francis Uproar, and Sean Flanagan as young stable boy Matt. To round out the show, Carpenter needed a female character - so Steafel was cast as The White Lady, the spirit of a long-forgotten and mysterious woman whose true identity is a mystery to everyone, including herself.
I was a little wary, going into the series: although I have enjoyed quite a lot of the classic children's television I have watched as an adult, it is undeniably a mixed bag. I needn't have worried, because Motley is that rarest of things - a show that truly appeals to the whole family. It's fun and it's silly, and there's just enough excitement to cater to a young audience, but it's also filled with subtle comedy, jokes and references for the older viewer, and moments of surprising pathos. At it's heart, it is held together by five superb performances from the central cast; Freddie Jones is having just the time of his life as the loud, blustering blowhard Sir George, Arthur English is gently good humoured as the fool whose jokes have aged as badly as the Hall, and Le Prevost reveals a gift for subtle physical movements that make his moments of confusion or distraction much funnier. As a young performer up against four seasoned professionals, Flanagan equips himself very well, and makes for one of the more relatable and likeable teen leads in this kind of programme. And, floating between them, Steafel creates one of her most memorable and endearing characters. Particularly nice is the unique relationship she has with each of the others - she is the ghost best suited to calming Sir George from his pompous rages, or curtailing Bodkin's comic performances when the others have had enough - and especially in her relationship with Sir Francis. It isn't outright stated, but the two spirits are clearly close friends: whenever there is a dispute, they side together; whenever the ghosts must search the hall for an intruder or lost item, it is Francis and the White Lady who team up first; if ever one of the others is rude or ungentlemanly in her presence, Francis immediately springs to defend her honour. Most adorably, they are shown more than once to spend time together relaxing without the others - in an early episode they discover a television together, and end up practicing yoga as a duo. It's a lovely, deep, subtle friendship that is never brought centre-stage but plays itself out in the background of the main plots.
Like her earlier comedy work, Motley allowed Steafel to try her hand at new things and to stretch her performing skills - the White Lady gets some wonderful moments, and a real range of storylines. There are moments of sorrow, concerning her lost identity and feelings of isolation; fury, when the business of the other ghosts interferes with her practice of wailing on the stairs; and much comedy, particularly from the discovery late in series one that she is the only spirit that can be seen by Gudgin - the hall's caretaker, played by sitcom stalwart Peter Sallis. This revelation leads to an ongoing element in the series, as the White Lady brings messages to Gudgin and notifies him of any complaints among her fellow ghosts - her insistence that the caretaker is slowly becoming accustomed to her presence, and in fact even becoming fond of her, in the face of his obvious and continuing terror, is one of the sweetest things about her character.
Like the other four key cast members, Sheila appeared in all twenty episodes of The Ghosts Of Motley Hall. Afterwards, she continued to make television appearances, but spread her wings wider - she became a regular voice on radio, and returned to the stage, making memorable appearances in the 1985 RSC production of The Merry Wives of Windsor and as Meg in the 2006 revival of Pinter's The Birthday Party for the Bristol Old Vic. She took numerous one-woman shows to the Edinburgh Festival, and her dry wit and sparkling personality made her a regular booking on all manner of panel shows. She continued working into her later years, making numerous appearances on TV soaps like Holby City and Doctors, whilst also turning her hand to writing. Her first book was an autobiography, When Harry Met Sheila, published in 2010 - in it she recounted her long career, as well as the story of her marriage to Harry H. Corbett. The two had met as young performers and married in 1958, divorcing some six years later. Sheila didn't remarry, but had several relationships and many close friends and colleagues throughout her long and distinguished career. In 2012 she published another book, a collection of short stories based on real encounters she had in her long life. With wry good humour, she titled it Bastards. Sheila Steafel leaves a legacy of laughter and entertainment, and a litany of comic performances that would be the envy of any young actor.
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kwebtv · 3 years
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The War of the Worlds  -  BBC One  -  November 17, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Science Fiction (3 episodes)
Running Time:  60 minutes
Stars:
Eleanor Tomlinson as Amy
Rafe Spall as George
Rupert Graves as Frederick
Nicholas Le Prevost as Chamberlain
Harry Melling as Artilleryman
Jonathan Aris as Priest
Robert Carlyle as Ogilvy
Recurring and guest
Charlie De'Ath as Greaves
Joey Batey as Henderson
Freya Allan as Mary
Daniel Cerqueira as Stent
Aisling Jarrett-Gavin as Lucy
Woody Norman as George Junior
Reid Anderson as Stall Holder
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CD - A Remarkable Man
Prince of Wales Actors Reception
The Prince of Wales talks with actor Charles Dance (right), as David Suchet (second left) and Nicholas Le Prevost listen in, during a reception for Actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company of which the Prince is president, at Home House, cantral London. (Photo by John Stillwell - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
2002
source: gettyimages
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johncardozas · 7 years
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You Did It Nicholas Le Prevost & Richard E. Grant My Fair Lady (Lyric Opera of Chicago) 5/6/17
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Tracing a history of costume design...
Love for Love (1695)
A comedy by William Congreve, produced and published in 1695. Thomas Betterton and Anne Bracegirdle played the parts of Valentine and Angelica.
Valentine is a fashionable man-about-town whose extravagance has led him into debt. His father, Sir SampsonLegend, agrees to pay the debts only if Valentine will sign his inheritance away to his younger brother, Ben, a sailor. Valentine has to agree but, realizing that he faces ruin, pleads and even feigns madness to avoid signing the bond. Angelica, whom he has been unsuccessfully courting, intervenes. She uses her charms to extract a proposal of marriage from Sir Sampson, and gets possession of the bond. Valentine, believing that she will marry his father, despairs and declares himself willing to sign. Angelica then reveals her plot, declares her love for Valentine and tears up the bond. Meanwhile, the independent-minded Ben has baulked at Sir Sampson's plan to marry him to Miss Prue, a foolish country girl. The plot involves some diverting minor characters, including Valentine's resourceful servant Jeremy and the amorous Mrs Frail. (reference)
Meet the characters...
Mr. Foresight is Angelica’s uncle. He is a blowhard obsessed with astrological omens and other such pseudoscience. From the second act on, he interprets everyone’s comments as veiled knowledge about Mrs. Foresight’s infidelities. His name is clearly ironic: all of his astrological readings and divinations are aimed at providing him with foresight, or a knowledge of the future, but he is probably the least perceptive character in the play.
1. Costume design for Mr. Foresight by Jeanetta Cochrane. Production date unknown. Image courtesy of CSM Museum & Study Collection.
2. Michael Thomas as Mr. Foresight Swan Theatre (2015/16). 
3. Aidan O’Reilly as Mr. Foresight, American Shakespeare Centre (2016). 
Mrs. Frail is Mrs. Foresight’s sister. She is unmarried and in the market for a husband, and, before the play opens, she has already had an affair with Tattle. However, Mrs. Foresight feels that she behaves much too promiscuously to land a worthy husband. As a result, the two of them hatch a plan to land Ben as a husband for Mrs. Frail. Their plan fails, however, and Mrs. Frail ends up married to Tattle. She is hardly “frail”; she is a calculating and headstrong woman who is not timid about going after what she wants: Ben’s fortune.
4. Costume design for Yvonne Arnaud as Mrs. Frail by Jeanetta Cochrane (1940s). Image courtesy of CSM Museum & Study Collection.
5. Ginna Hoben as Mrs. Frail, American Shakespeare Center (2016). 
6. Zoe Waites as Mrs. Frail, Swan Theatre (2015/16). 
Sir Sampson is Benjamin and Valentine’s father. He has a considerable amount of money and resents the fact that Valentine has been running through his estate with his fast living. In response, he offers Valentine a deal: sign over his future inheritance to his brother and Sir Sampson will give him four thousand pounds on the spot. Valentine takes the four thousand pounds in advance but feigns insanity to avoid signing the papers, which infuriates Sir Sampson.
7. Costume design for Sir Sampson by Jeanetta Cochrane (1940s). Image courtesy of CSM Museum & Study Collection.
8. Alan Horsfield as Sir Sampson (1989). 
9. Nicholas Le Prevost as Sir Sampson, Swan Theatre (2015/16).
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Costume design by Jeanetta Cochrane (1943). Image courtesy of CSM Museum & Study Collection.
Scandal is Valentine’s closest friend. He is a rake like Valentine but less coldhearted than Valentine at first is. When Valentine expresses disgust that the mother of one of his children did not smother the child, Scandal merely expresses his best wishes for his “Godchild” and sends money. Scandal helps Valentine appear insane for the purpose of winning Angelica. His function is to provide a mellowing influence on Valentine, who, without the presence of Scandal, would be a truly reprehensible character until the final scene of the play. Like most of the other names in the play, his is ironic; of the two friends, Scandal and Valentine, Scandal is by far the less scandalous.
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Robert Cavanah as Scandal, Swan Theater (2015/2016).
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