“Though I have the body of a woman, I have the heart and stomach of a king, the brain of a dolphin, and the penis of a hippopotamus. All I need now is some glue.”
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Written by British comedy scene favourite Stewart Lee – co-author of the Olivier Award-winning Jerry: Springer: The Opera – Elizabeth and Raleigh – Late But Live stars Simon Munnery as Queen Elizabeth I and Perrier Award Best Newcomer nominee Miles Jupp as Sir Walter Raleigh.
Sir Walter Raleigh introduces an audience with his beloved Elizabeth I, the wittiest, wisest and most unforgiving of all English Queens. Walter is in love with Elizabeth, the spiritual embodiment of England. But will he end up in her bed, or will he lose his head?
Elizabeth and Raleigh – Late But Live comes complete with potatoes, tobacco, Elizabethan dance, cross-dressing, xenophobia and laughs galore from the team behind Edinburgh Festival 2007 hit Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live.
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“Snortingly funny is the only way to describe it”_ – The Daily Telegraph on Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live
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“Theatre at its silly, clever, fun-filled best”_ **** – London Evening Standard on Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live
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“Gloriously entertaining – literate, political, silly and funny”_ **** – The Scotsman on Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live