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 Mandy
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8/14/2003 | posted: 7/30/2006 at 7:38:15 PM ET
Just got back from a second round of vacations. I went with friends to London/Paris and had tickets to see Guys and Dolls as well as Hay Fever while in London. Patrick Swayze was supposed to be in G&D but was not. His understudy was quite good though. I thought the show was really fun and I didn't realize how many songs I knew that came from that show.
Friday night we saw Hay Fever with Judi Dench. That was a fantastically funny play! Afterward I got her signature and a photo with her at the stage door. If anyone gets the chance to see Hay Fever before it closes (which I think is really soon) you should go see it.
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5/3/2002 | posted: 7/30/2006 at 7:47:48 PM ET
What a fantastic trip! I love those shows, and seeing Judi Dench would be a dream come true.
|  Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 7/30/2006 at 8:11:12 PM ET
Welcome home. I think I would see those 2 plays in London, also, if I had the chance. I love Coward..saw a not too bad local Hay Fever a few months ago.
But---the chunnel??
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| Mandy
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8/14/2003 | posted: 7/30/2006 at 8:24:45 PM ET
The Chunnel wasn't bad. I was asleep most of the time. Our train from London left at 5:30 am and then we returned to London the same day, leaving Paris around 10 pm. I think the train ride was about 3 hours or so.
I may need to investigate more Noel Coward plays as I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
"Let's admit one thing right upfront: With the possible exception of Bernadette Peters, not everyone stays young and cute forever." (NYPost 2/2/05)
|  moljul
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| posted: 7/30/2006 at 9:09:19 PM ET
Well Mandy, I'm very happy you saw Judi. I had wanted to get to Hay Fever but its just not going to happen. However I will be seeing Judi Dench in Merry Wives: The Musical at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon. So I'm quite excited about that.
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
| Jean
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Ooo..Stratford..Judi..a musical Shakespeare! I don't even have to tell you how great that sounds and to have a "brilliant" time.
I'm getting extremely itchy to go somewhere-it seems as if everyone is traveling.
| Karen
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Speaking of traveling, the latest story in the news section says that Bernadette is about to go to Paris for a vacation.
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| posted: 7/31/2006 at 9:47:03 AM ET
You MET Judy Dench?! Thats amazing to say the least. I can't wait to see pictures!
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| posted: 7/31/2006 at 12:03:34 PM ET
Jean, Thanks for the good thoughts. It will be the very beginning of my Xmas vacation in Scotland. I'm literally going to land in Edinburgh at 7:30 a.m. and drive to Straford-Upon-Avon. Then back to Edinburgh the next day for Christmas and New Years with most of my family in Edinburgh and The Highlands. Should be quite a bit of fun.
Though you'll excuse me if I don't have much sympathy for your "itchyness". Very few, if anyone, on this board could keep up with your world travels. 
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
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