“To be a jester is, and always has been, a serious matter.”
October 13, 2016 10:39 AM   Subscribe

 
He was 90, so it's not unexpected but still, this makes me so sad.

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posted by acb at 1:16 PM on October 13, 2016


One of the handful of times I’ve ever been to see a play at an actual theatre was a production of his ‘The Pope and The Witch’ in London in the early ’90s starring Frances de la Tour as the titular Witch (I forget who played the Pope). I very much enjoyed it, although there were a few points where the Italian-born friend I’d gone to see it with laughed at something that had gone cleanly over my head.

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posted by goshling at 2:09 PM on October 13, 2016


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One of my most memorable theatre experiences was seeing his Can't Pay? Won't Pay!

I hope I'll see many more of his plays in my life.
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                                                    (waiting in a long queue to see the queue scene in accidental death of an anarchist)
posted by sammyo at 4:21 PM on October 13, 2016 [2 favorites]


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posted by Lesser Spotted Potoroo at 4:43 PM on October 13, 2016


a great loss to his country (and beyond).

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