[armadillo]

So the only reason the show failed was McCauliffe's ego? Nothing to do with the myriad changes of director, total lack of positive publicity and the fact it was a completely rubbish idea? Seriously -how did McCauliffe stop people buying tickets?

[armadillo]

Your claim is that she was personally responsible for the failure of the show. How does writing a book after the event cause the show to fail retrospectively? And do you really think her articles discouraged people from buying tickets? The show simply wasn't around long enough for people to have the opportunity to do so.

And at least she criticised her fellow-workers (if she did - I have only heard her comments on the production team) in public. When calling someone as a 'nasty piece of work' via an anonymous messageboard, you do open yourself up to the charge of hypocrisy, do you not?

[Orchestrator]

I certainly don't claim that she was single-handedly responsible for the failure of the show, but she certainly poured oil on the fires... Sure the book was thin and morec than a bit silly - but she read it before agreeing to star in the show and met the producer she labelled "as mad as a box of frogs", who hired her. Five minutes in his company would convince anyone that he was an eccentric given to flights of ridiculous fancy... I am anonymous on this message board because I am a respected professioal and want to feel free t say what i really think. Believe me when I say that if I bumped into Ms McA tomorrow I would teller he exactly what I think about her book to her face!!

Calm down, Kevster 12, you need to take a few deep breaths to avoid trying to type faster than you can think!

If we "respected professionals" decided we would only work for producers who weren't madder than a box of frogs we'd hardly ever take on a job!