Memo to the RSC: sack Anthony Sher now!

Next Summer the Royal Shakespeare Company are playing Henry IV parts I and II with that splendid actor Anthony Sher playing the part of Falstaff.  He, of course, is a tremendously good actor but even so the RSC should take their courage in their hands and sack him because a new talent has burst upon the scene and, darlings, he is just so, so right to play the fat, rascally Knight.  Here are a couple of photos and when I tell you that his name is Paul Flowers, well, need I say more?

   

 

Sorry, sorry, Anthony, darling, you would have been brilliant but the advantage that dear Paul has over you is that he has lived the part!  Er, also, the accounts dept. tell me that the saving on padded suits will be welcomed.  Even so, Anthony, love, we do want you to stand by as an understudy just in case dear Paul is hauled off to the Tower by the current and all too real, Lord Chief Justice - honestly, 600 years go by and there's no difference between them, no sense of humour at all, must go with the job, I suppose!

 

Comments

[JK]

Your Thursday funny:

Shane Smith of Fort Collins, Colo., recently found a little surprise when he signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. After proceeding through all the registration hurdles with Connect for Health Colorado, he learned that his dog Baxter had gotten insured, not Smith himself.

Smith said he guessed the mistake happened when he gave Baxter's name as one of the security questions. “It was pretty funny," Smith said. "Typical Obamacare, that they would insure your dog by mistake.”

http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-signs-up-its-first-dog--so-there-s-that--at-least-161850233.html

[Andra]

This Paul Flowers person looks like a very jolly, Father Christmas sort of man. Obviously, though, looks are deceiving as he appears to have done something horribly wrong, in YOUR eyes, at least.

I suppose I'll have to Google him if I want to learn more or just forget the whole damned thing and go about my business.

Ah well, a cup of Earl Grey while I ponder this weighty matter and contemplate the coming day.

[Glesga]

The only wrong in law Mr Flowers has done (so far) is purchase illegal substances.
The establishment he managed to con (Labour, Tory & Libs) the Co-operative movement the FSA have done horribly stupidly wrong, perhaps.

[David Duff]

And cheat on his expenses, according to the news yesterday, and that amounts to theft. But we should all be deeply grateful to him because the sight and sound of a cornered Ed Balls is just so delicious!