One of Spitting Image's greatest impressions is making a return in a new stage play.
Steve Nallon's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher will be the centrepiece of new London show Dead Sheep - minus the rubbery puppet.
Spitting Image is 30: Looking back at the satirical puppet classic
Dead Sheep is written by ITV journalist Jonathan Maitland, and follows the infamous speech by Geoffrey Howe which led to the end of Thatcher's reign as prime minister.
Maitland was in consultation with Howe and his wife Elspeth while writing the project, and it will be released in time for the 25th anniversary of the speech.
The play will open at London's Park Theatre on April 1.
Watch Nallon as Thatcher in a classic Spitting Image clip below:...
Steve Nallon's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher will be the centrepiece of new London show Dead Sheep - minus the rubbery puppet.
Spitting Image is 30: Looking back at the satirical puppet classic
Dead Sheep is written by ITV journalist Jonathan Maitland, and follows the infamous speech by Geoffrey Howe which led to the end of Thatcher's reign as prime minister.
Maitland was in consultation with Howe and his wife Elspeth while writing the project, and it will be released in time for the 25th anniversary of the speech.
The play will open at London's Park Theatre on April 1.
Watch Nallon as Thatcher in a classic Spitting Image clip below:...
- 20/01/2015
- Digital Spy
From girlish flirt to monstrous sociopath, the former Pm has been variously interpreted on screen
"I don't really see her as a villain," says Meryl Streep. "People are driven by what they think is right [and] certainty is just so attractive in people … It's so nice not to have to listen … Unfortunately, it leads to fanaticism." Streep, I should point out, is not talking about her forthcoming performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd's portrait of the former Pm in the run-up to the Falklands war. She is in fact discussing Eleanor Shaw, the fearsome politician, mother and all-round nut-job she played in the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Even so, you could do worse than check out this interview for an inkling of how she may approach her latest role. "There were," she says, "very specific public personalities that I was inspired by in creating this character.
"I don't really see her as a villain," says Meryl Streep. "People are driven by what they think is right [and] certainty is just so attractive in people … It's so nice not to have to listen … Unfortunately, it leads to fanaticism." Streep, I should point out, is not talking about her forthcoming performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd's portrait of the former Pm in the run-up to the Falklands war. She is in fact discussing Eleanor Shaw, the fearsome politician, mother and all-round nut-job she played in the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Even so, you could do worse than check out this interview for an inkling of how she may approach her latest role. "There were," she says, "very specific public personalities that I was inspired by in creating this character.
- 10/02/2011
- par Ben Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
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