[…] the only association I’ve ever had with anything in the theatre at all. Right. And can you remember how the […]
[…] time 'The Singing Fool' was being shown at the Piccadilly Theatre. Now - Alf Schevering was his name - Alf […]
[…] time 'The Singing Fool' was being shown at the Piccadilly Theatre. Now - Alf Schevering was his name - Alf […]
[…] so small that ACTT didn't bother, wasn't interested in whether the staff were members or not. And they made commercial films, and they had a dubbing theatre, and editing facilities for industrial companies that wanted to make films of for promotional purposes, but really didn't know much about it. […]
[…] so small that ACTT didn't bother, wasn't interested in whether the staff were members or not. And they made commercial films, and they had a dubbing theatre, and editing facilities for industrial companies that wanted to make films of for promotional purposes, but really didn't know much about it. […]
[…] my case The Financial World. And that will be a much, much easier stepping stone to try for journalism. And before that I’d wanted to be in the theatre. Originally as an actor, but I soon discovered at1university that I was about three levels too low to be a good actor, but I was over Tony Gar[…]
[…]ld me that her mother-in-law used to sit and recite Robert Burn’s poetry, [Laughter] but it’s the only association I’ve ever had with anything in the theatre at all. Right. And can you remember how the first stirrings or inklings or interests in, in the theatre and, and...? Oh at school? […]
[…]tually started to spring up, like The Regal, Marble Arch, and places like that. But at that time 'The Singing Fool' was being shown at the Piccadilly Theatre. Now - Alf Schevering was his name - Alf came round and he said to Bert Doodley[?], "Bert," he said, "We're getting busy down here," he said, […]
[…]right that this recording is vested in the British Entertainment History Project. The name of the interviewee is Madeline Smith; film, television and theatre actress and radio. The interviewer is Mike Dick, and John Luton is on camera. The interview number is seven two two and the date is the 13th o[…]
[…] The it was an Edison up in the booth. So they had, they had a motor, drove the projector, and then they had a silk belt ran along. On the top of the theatre and down onto the stage. I had a little little gob of paint on the on the black cord so that they could look out through the objection room an[…]