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Thread #74453 Message #1300791
Posted By: Chris Green
19-Oct-04 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: Song Challenge Unmentionable Whittington
Subject: RE: Song Challenge Unmentionable Whittington
I was involved in a production of Dick Whittington a few years ago in which the leading lady had to utter the immortal line "Two days in London and still no sign of Dick!". We tried to reason with the director to modify the offending line as it could be misconstrued, but he refused, on the grounds that although adults might see the double entendre, the kids who made up the majority of the audience wouldn't. He was proved wrong when we did our first show in a primary school and the whole auditorium erupted into gales of laughter that held the show up for five minutes! Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings...