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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Jester at Theatre in the Mill - Bradford
Prom Prom and the Theatre Royal Richmond present:
Dan Leno The King's Jester
Written & performed by Tony Lidington
Theatre in the Mill
Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6.50/£4 | 01274 233200 or theatre@bradford.ac.uk
"If we didn’t laugh at him, we'd cry our eyes out"
Marie Lloyd
Dan Leno was the greatest Music Hall star of all time: the first stand-up comic, the best-loved pantomime dame and the world champion dog dancer with a strong line in character based skits...he was, quite simply, the comic genius of his age whose work laid the foundations for contemporary British comedy.
Dan's legacy is now almost forgotten, but this romp through his personal history traces the roots of British popular entertainment from Music Hall to Little Britain.
A show which explores what makes us laugh and why we should care.
