Giving Notes

Synopsis

Television comedy sketch series written by Victoria Wood. In the two-minute skit ‘Giving Notes’ Julie Walters, as director Alma, gives notes from the stage to an unseen group of amateur actors - ‘But I can’t say this too often: it may be Hamlet but it’s got to be Fun, Fun Fun!'. An extract is as follows: ‘But Barbara - you will have to buckle down’. I mean Ophelia’s mad scene. ‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance’ - it’s no good just bunging a few herbs about and saying ‘Don’t mind me I’m a loony’. Yes?

Series

Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

8 Feb 1985 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC2)

Duration

35 mins

Credits

Director

Geoff Posner

Producer

Geoff Posner

Writer

Victoria Wood

Cast

Julie Walters

Alma

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

Notes

The same sketch is performed by Christopher Luscombe in THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE. See catalogue entry for details of availability and format. The Victoria Wood sketch was included on a VHS compilation VICTORIA WOOD - AS SEEN ON TV now out of distribution (2006).

History

Episode 5 in the first series of the show.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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