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Dateline: 10th April, 2005
Laurel and Hardy at the Lyceum From 23rd April to 14th May the greatest double-act the world has ever known will be at Edinburgh's Lyceum in Tom McGrath's play Laurel and Hardy. Laurel and Hardy - The Boys - made hundreds of hilarious features and shorts together in careers spanning decades, surviving new pretenders, the great Depression and the arrival of talkies. Tom McGrath's play celebrates their humour and recreates some of their most famous routines. But he also goes through the silver screen to show the real lives behind the characters, and the tragedy that lies behind all comedy. Told poignantly from beyond the grave, the Boys' story encompasses humble beginnings, big breaks, stardom, marriages, the dark side of the movie business and their ultimate decline as the age of variety passed. Tony Cownie, whose comic vision has previously been seen at the Lyceum in Miseryguts, The Comedy of Errors and the past two Christmas shows, has the perfect cast directs Steven McNicoll and Barnaby Power who play Ollie and Stan respectively, but also take on a host of other characters from the Boys' lives: mothers, wives, impresarios and directors, transforming Neil Murray's movie set into rural Georgia, a Glasgow music hall, Hollywood, and, of course, the Pearly Gates. And, in the best vaudeville tradition, the routines are all set to music by the Pianist (Jon Beales). Forty years since the death of Stan Laurel, the second of the pair to pass away, and 54 years since their last film was released, the legend of Laurel and Hardy is as strong as ever. For fans, it's a chance to see their heroes as they really were; for new generations, it's the ideal opportunity to discover the original comic geniuses for themselves. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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