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Preview by Paul Nelson |
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SHERIDAN Morley, drama critic of the International Herald Tribune and The New Statesman, is embarking on an exhausting series of projects.
Starting on November 18 at the Jermyn Street Theatre with the 20th anniversary production of Noel and Gertie, his musical biography of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, which he has directed, he moves afterwards to the Wimbledon Studio Theatre with readings from his latest book, Asking For Trouble.
In addition, in November he returns to acting in the BBC-1 drama series, Judge John Deed, alongside Martin Shaw, as the regular character, Judge Robert Home.
This December, he also directs Judy Campbell and Stefan Bednarczyk in Where Are The Songs We Sung? at the King's Head Theatre.
In January, Mr Morley will direct for Bill Kenwright in The Chalk Garden, its first revival for 50 years. It will open in Windsor to be followed by a short tour then the West End.
Next year, in April, he has been signed to direct the first ever revival of the musical Expresso Bongo, again in the West End. This will be a new version by Julian More and Monty Norman.
Throughout next year, he will appear in various venues across the country in An Evening With Sheridan Morley and Michael Law, featuring songs and stories concerning the likes of Cole Porter, Noel Coward and George Gershwin.
His literary output has mainly been biographies of the likes of Sir Noel
Coward, David Niven, James Mason, Audrey Hepburn, Gladys Cooper, Robert Morley,
Oscar Wilde, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Sybil Thorndike, Gertrude
Lawrence, Elizabeth Taylor, Ginger Rogers, Sir Dirk Bogarde (as well as with
his wife, Ruth Leon, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and the musicals of Sir Cameron
Mackintosh). He is the authorised biographer of Sir John Gielgud.
