Morecambe (play)
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Morecambe celebrates the life of Eric Morecambe
and is based on his life in the entertainment industry. The play premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the summer of 2009 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre
in London's West End
for a limited christmas season running from 9 December 2009 until 17 January 2010. It starred Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe and was directed by Guy Masterson. The play is now being shown at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, South London.
Eric Morecambe
John Eric Bartholomew OBE , known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the award-winning double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death of a heart attack in 1984...
and is based on his life in the entertainment industry. The play premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the summer of 2009 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street, near Aldwych.The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. It has 479 seats on two levels....
in London's West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
for a limited christmas season running from 9 December 2009 until 17 January 2010. It starred Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe and was directed by Guy Masterson. The play is now being shown at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, South London.