Friday
13th February 2004
Listen
carefully, I will say zis only once |
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of 'Allo 'Allo |
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Your
chance to enjoy the stage play based on the hit TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo.
It's on at the Palace Theatre in Redditch |
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David
Croft had already had one hit sitcom set in WW2 - the evergreen Dad's
Army written with Jimmy Perry - when he came up with the idea of 'Allo
'Allo, this time written with Jeremy Lloyd.
The serious drama series it parodied - Secret Army - is long forgotten,
but 'Allo 'Allo is till popular, and still a regular feature of TV
schedules.
The Palace Theatre is presenting the stage version of the exploits
of Ren茅, his harem of girlfriends, the French resistance and
their struggle with the worringly lovable German occupying forces.
In
the play Ren茅, the hapless caf茅 owner in war-torn
occupied France, and his wife, Edith, struggle to keep for themselves
a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and kept in a sausage in
their cellar.
Ren茅 is hiding two British airmen and is endeavouring, with
the help of the Resistance, to repatriate them.
However, communications with London through a wireless disguised
as a cockatoo add to the many embarrassments he endures in the company
of his patrons.
Matters come to a head with the news that the F眉hrer is to
visit the town and the caf茅 becomes filled with tricksters
intending to impersonate Hitler before the event.
The play is being performed by the Rowney Green Players.. so listen
carefully, they will say zis only once.
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