The Hard Boiled Egg and The Wasp
From: Tuesday, 22nd May 2012
To: Sunday, 10 June 2012
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Synopsis
It's 1904. The comedian Dan Leno has been confined to a lunatic asylum by his wife. But why has he been incarcerated? Is he mad? If not why is he there? What is the reason for his appalling headaches? If he doesn't improve might he face intrusive possible life ending surgery? Why does a young George Robey hope Dan's health deteriorates? And is the head of the asylum actually a man dressed as a woman?
Our Review:
30 May 2012
Slow, stilted and clichéd, new original musical The Hard Boiled Egg and the Wasp is roughly based on the demise of Dan Leno, a turn of the century music hall comedian and singer who died in 1904 after spending time in an asylum following a mental breakdown.
We see Leno as he is abruptly thrust into an asylum, effectively at the mercy of stuck-in-her-ways nurse Cornthwaite.
Chris Vincent as the music hall legend is suitably appealing with charm and pathos - but his characterisation is cheapened by a clutch of vaguely sketched fellow inmates in the asylum, each believing they are variously Queen Victoria or Napoleon.
The rather cuckoo Miss Cornthwaite (Alwyne Taylor) wants to lobotomise Leno, to the consternation of her vivacious assistant, Amelia Proudfoot (a strong turn by Sarah Earnshaw).
Sadly, the show would have done better scrapping this muddled sub-plot which throws up some horrendous songs - Cornthwaite repeatedly invites Ame...
Creative
Andy Street (Author)
Jonathan Kydd (Author)
Jonathan Kydd (Director)
Alison Cartledge (Design)
Phil Hunter (Lighting)
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