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| Born | August 1, 1930 |
| Hometown | Stepney, United Kingdom |
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Harry Landis, actor who played a barber in EastEnders and the ghastly Mr Morris in Friday Night Dinner – obituary
- Harry Landis, the actor and theatre director, who has died aged 95, began his career with Lionel Bart at the Unity Theatre in Camden, and went on to notch up numerous television credits, including a two year stint on the BBC's EastEnders and a hilarious turn as the repulsive Mr Morris in Robert Popper’s Channel 4 Jewish family sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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My London: Baxter Dury
The musician eats like Tony Soprano at Il Portico and finds the London Eye both awkward and amazing
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Leslie Bricusse obituary
Leslie Bricusse obituary. Oscar-winning composer and lyricist known for his hugely successful songs for Willy Wonka and Doctor Dolittle
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
From Robin Hood to Golda Meir: why the lost works of Lionel Bart need reappraising
What did Lionel Bart, the composer who gave the world Oliver!, have to say – or, perhaps more to the point, want people to sing – about Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister between 1969 and 1974? The question arises because Thursday evening sees Maureen Lipman sing the title number of a “lost” musical by Bart, Next Year in Jerusalem. The song is a soothing lullaby – childlike melody and lyrics mingling sorrow at a life fraught with danger with a yearning for freedom (think Hamilton’s Dear Theo
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
The gay svengalis who shaped the future of British pop
If Russell T Davies wishes to follow his hit Aids-era saga, It’s a Sin, with another “queeriod” drama set against British social history, he could do worse than rewind to the Fifties skiffle scene for inspiration. There, the man who also gave us A Very English Scandal, about the infamous Jeremy Thorpe trial, would find many more attractive dramatis personae – but not the likes of Lonnie Donegan, Billy Fury or the other pretty-boy pioneers of British rock ’n’ roll. Rather, the seemingly disparate
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical
From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical. Songs from the composer’s doomed show about the Israeli stateswoman will make their debut online
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Barbara Windsor: a priceless and mischievous stage sensation
Barbara Windsor: a priceless and mischievous stage sensationThe late actor took on Brecht, Falstaff and panto and will be remembered for her collaborations with Joan Littlewood * Peter Bradshaw on her film career
