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re: fagin as the ward of the (?) orphans


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On 15/03/2003 at 13:28 SICULAR (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

>I haven't seen this version, but I think the revival of the show stars
that 
>famous Australian drag queen actor as Fagin (the one whose Dame Edna 
>character has run for decades), Barry --? can't remember his name.  He's 
>supposedly quite good.  A kleyne velt.

Dame Edna is the alter ego of Barry Humphries. Oddly enough (or not,
maybe), he's not a "drag queen", but straight as a pin. He's very good, but
Fagin? Hard to imagine, but I'd be dead curious to see that production.



Richard
(Renaissance Man)



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