LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Alfred Marks? on RSC production, Poppy

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Nov 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:05:35

Description

Actor Alfred Marks? on the RSC production of Poppy, a social satire on the opium trade in pantomime form by writer Peter Nichols and composer Monty Norman, which has transferred to the Adelphi Theatre, and in which he plays merchant Obadiah Upward. Includes extracts from the songs Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat-Tat and The Blessed Trinity. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Alfred Marks?

Keywords

Musical theatre; Pantomime; RSC; Poppy; Opium trade; Peter Nichols; Monty Norman

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