Strippers

Cast & Crew

Cast

Observations

1. On 2^nd January 2023 at 7:14 p.m., Hypethral noted:

   Strippers

   I saw Peter Terson’s play at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford Surrey in the early 1980s. It was a brilliant production, all thoroughly enjoyable, yet carrying a strong message about the political and economic reality of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain.

   But the interval period was something else, entirely out in a class of its own: Bill Maynard appeared at the back of the auditorium, slowly progressed down the aisle, crossed in front of the stage, and then went back up the other aisle.

   Nothing remarkable in that. But, in an unbelievable monologue, he delivered a stream of the fastest and filthiest one-liners at every step he took, almost without pause. An astonishing performance; simply riveting. You couldn’t laugh out loud for fear of missing the next one.

   I don’t know whether it was repeated when the play reached London or whether, in reality, it could be – but what an unforgettable Tour de Force.

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