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derspatchel's debt for having been shown this...
It's the freaking BEATLES performing PYRAMUS AND THISBE!! Why am I only seeing this just now???
To quote some background info from Spatch:
Best Damn Thing All Day Dept: The Beatles in 1964, performing Pyramus & Thisbe from A Midsummer Night's Dream. A little digging tells me it was part of a Granada television special "Around The World With The Beatles" and this, presumably, was a segment involving the Globe or just a J. Random Elizabethan theater.
Some of the heckling in the galleries was intentional, as the heckling from the wedding party in the play drives the actors' reactions (poor Moon having to explain himself in frustration after his speech doesn't pan out) but I think some of the other kids just joined in. One ardent Beatles fan keeps hollering "shut up!" at 'em, though. Such a noble defense!
Of course, nobody cares about that stuff except me, (Untrue!! --Brad) so go and enjoy Paul as Pyramus, John in hilarious drag as Thisbe, George as Moon, and Ringo as the lion. Not sure who's the comic playing Wall here, but he does look familiar. Don't think he was one of the managers in A Hard Day's Night, but hmm.
derspatchel's debt for having been shown this...It's the freaking BEATLES performing PYRAMUS AND THISBE!! Why am I only seeing this just now???
To quote some background info from Spatch:
Best Damn Thing All Day Dept: The Beatles in 1964, performing Pyramus & Thisbe from A Midsummer Night's Dream. A little digging tells me it was part of a Granada television special "Around The World With The Beatles" and this, presumably, was a segment involving the Globe or just a J. Random Elizabethan theater.
Some of the heckling in the galleries was intentional, as the heckling from the wedding party in the play drives the actors' reactions (poor Moon having to explain himself in frustration after his speech doesn't pan out) but I think some of the other kids just joined in. One ardent Beatles fan keeps hollering "shut up!" at 'em, though. Such a noble defense!
Of course, nobody cares about that stuff except me, (Untrue!! --Brad) so go and enjoy Paul as Pyramus, John in hilarious drag as Thisbe, George as Moon, and Ringo as the lion. Not sure who's the comic playing Wall here, but he does look familiar. Don't think he was one of the managers in A Hard Day's Night, but hmm.
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Date: 2009-09-23 03:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-23 12:14 pm (UTC)Still, the band does a wonderful job of hamming it up...
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Date: 2009-09-23 02:25 pm (UTC)My favorite part is definitely poor Moon and his doggy-woggy.