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Tea with the Old Queen (3 stars)

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Tea with the Old Queen

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Funny, witty, poignant play revealing the eccentricities of our monarchy as recorded in the fictitious 'secret' diaries of William Tallon - Steward and Page of the Backstairs to the Queen Mother. Backstairs Billy has seen and done it all… Billy died a few years after the Queen Mother, taking with him his secrets - or so they thought! In a year of Diamond Jubilee celebrations, this hilarious comedy from award-winning writer Graham Woolnough has been delighting audiences across the UK. ★★★★★ (Philip Herbert, RemoteGoat.com). Ages 12+.

Graham Woolnough Productions.

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Tea with the Old Queen

9 Aug 20123 stars

Highly entertaining high-camp treat

Writer-performer Graham Woolnough’s one-man show provides us with a delightfully indiscreet behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Britain’s royal family, as told through the fictional diaries of the Queen Mother’s bitchy old queen of a butler…

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