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The MonologuesBRIGHT THOUGHTS COMPANY PRODUCTIONS
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The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog
A mini-series of comic and dramatic monologues which pays tribute to entertainment from the era of the Music Hall.
Comic & Dramatic Monologues
Performances which pays celebrate the spirit of another era
NOTES: Recorded and edited with TVI facilities (Television International). Originally recorded as vignettes with star artists reciting comic and dramatic monologues which capture the spirit of an age in which the tradition of the British Music Hall was at its zenith.
For transmission, the title of the mini-series was The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog. The show was to be edited in three different ways, individual monologues as vignettes i.e. short 'filler’ programmes, also as 3 x 30 mins progs, and also 1 x 90 mins.
Recorded on location, the setting was a dinner party of friends at a posh London address with each star guest getting up to do their 'party piece' after dinner. The monologues were mostly from 'The Book of Comic and Dramatic Monologues', compiled and edited by Michael Marshall.
Some of the scarcity value is, for example, Cilla Black doing Gracie Fields, Maureen Lipman as Joyce Grenfell, one of the last performances of Leonard Rossiter, the very last public performance of a legend from that era, Arthur Askey, an early performance in the outstanding career of Julie Walters ('Educating Rita'). Other delights include some very special and rarely seen performances by Ronald Lacey ('Raiders of The Lost Ark'), Alec McCowen ('Mr Palfrey of Westminster'), Richard O'Callaghan ('Amadeus'), Dianne Langton, and Harrold Innocent. An indefatigable Barry Cryer is our compere for the evening.
For transmission, the title of the mini-series was The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog. The show was to be edited in three different ways, individual monologues as vignettes i.e. short 'filler’ programmes, also as 3 x 30 mins progs, and also 1 x 90 mins.
Recorded on location, the setting was a dinner party of friends at a posh London address with each star guest getting up to do their 'party piece' after dinner. The monologues were mostly from 'The Book of Comic and Dramatic Monologues', compiled and edited by Michael Marshall.
Some of the scarcity value is, for example, Cilla Black doing Gracie Fields, Maureen Lipman as Joyce Grenfell, one of the last performances of Leonard Rossiter, the very last public performance of a legend from that era, Arthur Askey, an early performance in the outstanding career of Julie Walters ('Educating Rita'). Other delights include some very special and rarely seen performances by Ronald Lacey ('Raiders of The Lost Ark'), Alec McCowen ('Mr Palfrey of Westminster'), Richard O'Callaghan ('Amadeus'), Dianne Langton, and Harrold Innocent. An indefatigable Barry Cryer is our compere for the evening.
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Commissioning Editor: Cecil Korer
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FOOTNOTE: This format by design is formulaic and has the capability of a long-run and also repeatability in a various combinations. Read the TV Feature in the British Comedy Guide, (July 2022).
