Romeo Coates “Between you and me…”
JEALOUS DETRACTORS complaining Jenny Seagrove “bags the plum female roles” in partner Bill Kenwright’s shows, must think again. Cast to play Gayev in Bill’s production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard from this October, these enlightened times now ensure Jenny also runs off with the male parts!
Beware of Basil
A BRIEF WARNING TO the vulnerable, who may find themselves in danger of parting with hefty sums for a “meet and greet” with someone claiming to have been John Cleese. Understood at the time of writing to be intent on lurking around a Manchester “convention”, the angry elderly gentleman in question is likely to insist on talking at length about, the hopelessness of the modern-day BBC, and why being done over in the divorce courts by the third Mrs Cleese forces him to make such appearances in the first place.
