Word: haddow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revue by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow...
Driver and Haddow, who wrote the show, are good at zany little bits of dialogue. In one skit, Jesus Christ shows up for an audition. "You don't look like your picture, Christ," remarks the casting director. "I shaved for a commercial," answers the beardless deity. There is a delicious lampoon of Joseph Papp's Public Theater. A character walks onstage carrying a case labeled P.T. PLAYWRIGHTING KIT. Its contents include "bogus charisma" and a promise to "turn your meaningless tripe into a crock...
...four performers, Evalyn Baron, John Driver, Jeffrey Haddow and Roger Neil, play the piano in addition to their other chores. They are fun to be with. At one point, the quartet is upstaged by a duck named Hermione who is put on the piano. A delirious discussion ensues about whether or not the duck will fertilize it. Be that as it may, the evening is well fertilized with laughter...
Died. Sir Alexander Haddow, 69, trail-blazing cancer expert who directed London's famed Chester Beatty Research Institute, Royal Cancer Hospital from 1946 to 1969; in Amersham, England. Starting at the institute in 1936, Haddow joined a research team that pointed to the value of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. He was knighted for his work...