QUIZ!

[alexandra]

I just read the synopsis of Aspects of Love (am not a musical-lover). Sounds like a riot.

[alexandra]

Jan 27, 2016 17:46:55 GMT Phantom of London said:

No

Other theatres in London are Grade I or II listed/

But that doesn't mean that JB's answer was incorrect.

[Jan]

Jan 27, 2016 17:52:28 GMT alexandra said:

Jan 27, 2016 17:46:55 GMT Phantom of London said:

No

Other theatres in London are Grade I or II listed/

But that doesn't mean that JB's answer was incorrect.

Correct. I demand a steward's inquiry ! I've got such a good question to ask too, not related to musicals. 

[Deleted]

Am I allowed to set my question as I was correct with Aspects? (Am still puzzling over PoL's question which is a goodun!)

So...

Before it moved to Chiswick, the Arts Educational School's London base once housed a beautiful little Victorian theatre, complete with proscenium stage, orchestra pit and balcony. Alas it is no longer with us... Name the theatre. (I will accept either of its two names.)

[Jan]

Jan 27, 2016 17:58:40 GMT @caiaphas said:

Am I allowed to set my question as I was correct with Aspects? (Am still puzzling over PoL's question which is a goodun!)

So...

Before it moved to Chiswick, the Arts Educational School's London base once housed a beautiful little Victorian theatre, complete with proscenium stage, orchestra pit and balcony. Alas it is no longer with us... Name the theatre. (I will accept either of its two names.)

Golden Lane Theatre was it ? Not sure. I have seen productions at their new location. 

[Deleted]

Jan 27, 2016 18:31:23 GMT Jan said:

Jan 27, 2016 17:58:40 GMT @caiaphas said:

Am I allowed to set my question as I was correct with Aspects? (Am still puzzling over PoL's question which is a goodun!)

So...

Before it moved to Chiswick, the Arts Educational School's London base once housed a beautiful little Victorian theatre, complete with proscenium stage, orchestra pit and balcony. Alas it is no longer with us... Name the theatre. (I will accept either of its two names.)

Golden Lane Theatre was it ? Not sure. I have seen productions at their new location. 

You are absolutely right, Jan Brock! Its other name was the Cripplegate Theatre as it was part of the Cripplegate Institute. The main building is still there in Golden Lane, but the theatre inside was demolished to make way for offices... Your turn for a question!

[Phantom of London]

Jan 27, 2016 17:52:28 GMT alexandra said:

Jan 27, 2016 17:46:55 GMT Phantom of London said:

No

Other theatres in London are Grade I or II listed/

But that doesn't mean that JB's answer was incorrect.

In the mean time while we are waiting a very easy question.

What does the:

Barbican
Apollo
Noel Coward
Theatre Royal,Drury Lane
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Her Majesty's
Harold Pinter
Lyric
Novello
Palace
Wyndham

All have in common?

No it means he/she was wrong as if that was the correct answer I was looking for, I would of included the other theatres, all theatres in London are grade II listed except both Theatre Royals that are grade I listed. I think the heritage listing was to protect the buildings from potential bulldozers after the Mermaid theatre got pulled down.

[Jan]

Jan 27, 2016 18:39:25 GMT @caiaphas said:

Jan 27, 2016 18:31:23 GMT Jan said:

Golden Lane Theatre was it ? Not sure. I have seen productions at their new location. 

You are absolutely right, Jan Brock! Its other name was the Cripplegate Theatre as it was part of the Cripplegate Institute. The main building is still there in Golden Lane, but the theatre inside was demolished to make way for offices... Your turn for a question!

YES !! GET IN !!! BACK OF THE NET !!!!

I'm still on a stewards on a previous question too so let me double it up.

I need the name of two (2) actors who (poignantly) in their career played both Prince Hal and Falstaff in Henry IV. 20th century and later - I'm not accepting Burbage or any rubbish like that. Major professional English-language stage productions in England. Google it all you want. One entry per punter. 

[Adara]

I have to applaud you on your choice of question. I've had to google the hell out of it and only got one, so far.

[Jan]

Google will confirm the answer but not provide it on a plate. Curiously in one case there was only a 15 year gap between the actor playing the two roles which seems very short, in the other case 20 years.

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2016 1:53:27 GMT Adara said:

I have to applaud you on your choice of question. I've had to google the hell out of it and only got one, so far.

Me too! I wonder if the one we have is the same one... Great question, JB!

[Adara]

I have the one that's 15 years apart. Still stumped on the 20.

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2016 9:24:48 GMT Adara said:

I have the one that's 15 years apart. Still stumped on the 20.

Snap! I wonder if the word "poignantly" is a clue?!

[alexandra]

I only have the one that did it 20 years apart. Should we combine?

[Jan]

Jan 28, 2016 10:36:31 GMT alexandra said:

I only have the one that did it 20 years apart. Should we combine?

Less talking in class please and quiet at the back. No copying.

[alexandra]

Ok, I'm going to blurt mine out then - Gerard Murphy.

[Jan]

Jan 28, 2016 13:13:50 GMT alexandra said:

Ok, I'm going to blurt mine out then - Gerard Murphy.

Sending you a programme featuring one of the actors wasn't a big enough clue ?

[Deleted]

Well I reckon adara and I have found Ralph Richardson...!

[Jan]

Jan 28, 2016 13:40:57 GMT @caiaphas said:

Well I reckon adara and I have found Ralph Richardson...!

Those are the two. Check Richardson's Wiki entry and several of the obituaries of Murphy from last year. I missed his Falstaff, Bristol Old Vic 2002, not sure why.

[alexandra]

Good one. Go ahead, Caiaphas/adara, I don't have a question.

[Deleted]

I'll let adara have a bash at setting the next one...

[Adara]

Teamwork!

Thanks. (I do have a question in mind, although it's google-able, so you'll have to be on the honor system.)

What was the first production on Broadway to sell a $100 ticket?

(Bonus question: what was the second?)

[Adara]

To forestall googling, I happily report that hints are available.

(The first hint is that the second production to do it was actually ten years after the first.)

[Deleted]

Les Mis followed by Miss Saigon?

[Adara]

Miss Saigon WAS second.

(But Les Mis was not first.)