Definite Article
Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance released on VHS and later on DVD. It was recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job, Pavlov's dogs and European languages.
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| Released | 21 October 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Shaftesbury Theatre, London, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Stand-up comedy | |||
| Length | 109 minutes | |||
| Label | Vision Video | |||
| Director | Ed Bye | |||
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Trivia
At the beginning of the show, Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal him sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book. The chosen selections are:
- A Marriage Proposal (a.k.a. The Proposal) - Anton Chekhov
- Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll
- Macbeth - Shakespeare
- Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
- Edward II - Christopher Marlowe
External links
- Definite Article - article at The Official Eddie Izzard Site
- Eddie Izzard: Definite Article on IMDb
- The Cake or Death Site
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