She Stoops to Conquer - Leaflet, 1984
Title
She Stoops to Conquer - Leaflet, 1984
Date
3 December 1984
Description
Fold-out leaflet for National Theatre production of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith.
What's the story?
She Stoops to Conquer is a classic comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in 1773.
This National Theatre touring production had a prestigious cast, including Tom Baker, Hywel Bennett, Dora Bryan, Tony Haygarth and Kelly Hunter.
In his 1997 autobiography, ‘Who On Earth is Tom Baker?’, Baker describes a movement he did in this production based on an experience he had as a trainee monk, in which he had to inadvertently polish the monastery floors, whilst moving around on two mats:
“I reproduced the hop, shuffle and glide in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre years later. Jack Tinker in the Daily Mail hated it, thinking it rather overdone. I didn’t care as an ex-ballet dancer wrote and told me she had seen the production and fallen in love with my legs. She said that in other circumstances she could have lived happily with my legs but that she only had a small flat in Holland Park. The Nottingham theatre critic felt pretty much the same but was a married man so I had to keep my legs to myself. I’ve held on to them ever since, and honestly, I can’t say that I’ve regretted it, they’ve been very loyal over the years and we’re still together, my legs and I”.
This tour was sponsored by tobacco firm John Player and even on this leaflet they are given major prominence by occupying a whole page on the back.
Tobacco advertising and sponsorship was legislated against from the mid-1990s. In 2005, an EU directive also banned tobacco advertising in the print media, on radio and over the internet.
This National Theatre touring production had a prestigious cast, including Tom Baker, Hywel Bennett, Dora Bryan, Tony Haygarth and Kelly Hunter.
In his 1997 autobiography, ‘Who On Earth is Tom Baker?’, Baker describes a movement he did in this production based on an experience he had as a trainee monk, in which he had to inadvertently polish the monastery floors, whilst moving around on two mats:
“I reproduced the hop, shuffle and glide in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre years later. Jack Tinker in the Daily Mail hated it, thinking it rather overdone. I didn’t care as an ex-ballet dancer wrote and told me she had seen the production and fallen in love with my legs. She said that in other circumstances she could have lived happily with my legs but that she only had a small flat in Holland Park. The Nottingham theatre critic felt pretty much the same but was a married man so I had to keep my legs to myself. I’ve held on to them ever since, and honestly, I can’t say that I’ve regretted it, they’ve been very loyal over the years and we’re still together, my legs and I”.
This tour was sponsored by tobacco firm John Player and even on this leaflet they are given major prominence by occupying a whole page on the back.
Tobacco advertising and sponsorship was legislated against from the mid-1990s. In 2005, an EU directive also banned tobacco advertising in the print media, on radio and over the internet.
Type
Leaflet
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
