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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Apr 28, 2021, 10:37 AM Apr 2021

A very 1960s story: On their honeymoon, my parents went to see Laurence Olivier play Hamlet ...

Or maybe not. If you scroll through the replies, you'll see there's some doubt thrown on this story.

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A very 1960s story: On their honeymoon, my parents went to see Laurence Olivier play Hamlet in London. Word came at the last minute that Olivier was out sick & most of the audience huffed out. So my parents and two other couples watched his understudy: Anthony Hopkins.


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A very 1960s story: On their honeymoon, my parents went to see Laurence Olivier play Hamlet ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 OP
Great story EYESORE 9001 Apr 2021 #1
Wow... Amazing understudy. Your folks were lucky. hlthe2b Apr 2021 #2
To clarify, it was somebody else's folks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 #3
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