Cambridge Footlights Revue, The
- Synopsis
- `The Cellar Tapes’ revue. Includes a sketch (7 mins), written and acted, by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, which parodies a Shakespeare masterclass. The speech being worked on is from Troilus and Cressida, Ulysses speech on ‘time’ (III iii l2021). Fry is the director (an impersonation possibly based on John Barton) and Laurie the student who is instructed how to interpret the word ‘time’ correctly. The same sketch is performed by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee in THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE catalogued separately.
- Series
- Shakespeare in Perspective
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 20 May 1982 at 21:33 (Channel: BBC2)
- Duration
- 45 mins
Credits
- Director
- John Kilby
- Producer
- Dennis Main Wilson
- Contributor
- Hugh Laurie; Stephen Fry
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sitcoms/Variety
- Plays
- Troilus and Cressida
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Masterclasses; Revues
Notes
- Notes
- The sketch is included as an extra in the DVD A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE. Series 2.
- General
- Note: ‘The Cellar Tapes’, directed by Jan Ravens, was first performed in 1981 as part of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. Following a countrywide tour, the show went to the Edinburgh Festival where it was the first winner of the coveted Edinburgh Fringe’s Perrier Award for comedy.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Cambridge Footlights Revue, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68930 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)