Abbot Premiere & McKellen Dame at Old Vic??? Date: 19 April 2004
The weekend papers contained further speculation about what Kevin Spacey will be announcing this Thursday at the launch for his inaugural Old Vic season (See The Goss, 13 Apr 2004). In addition the already-mooted revival of The Philadelphia Story (See The Goss, 15 Mar 2004), there are rumours of a new play by Paul Abbott (whose TV credits include State of Play, Clocking Off and Shameless), about a postman who reads and steals mail, and a Christmas run of classic pantomime Aladdin, which will finally give Ian McKellen a chance to play the dame, in this case Widow Twanky (See The Goss, 15 Apr 2003). Speaking on BBC Radio Four’s Today programme this morning, Spacey said that, while he wants to pay heed to the Old Vic’s “remarkable history” … “I think what is exceedingly important for a theatre company is to promote new work”. He also suggested that, although attracting big Hollywood names – not least himself - is part and parcel of the “responsibility to sell a 1,000 tickets every night”, he and his team were also committed to promoting the “journeymen and journeywomen who’ve been making their livelihood regularly on London stage”.
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