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Another Kerr who's a "star" is legendary double-bassist and raconteur Gary Kerr.
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I've been trying to recall the title of the play in which Deborah Kerr returned to the British theatre in the early 80s. I saw it at The Richmond Theatre, Surrey, and, although the script was mediocre, her charisma and stage technique were both intact and the production enjoyed a modest success when it transferred to the Haymarket Theatre.
I couldn't resist the thrill of the hunt when offered clues like that, Stanley. I didn't see it but I've been riffling through old theatre programmes around that date and found a reference to Deborah Kerr in a play by Peter Ustinov called 'Overheard'. Would that be the one? [Later: Do'oh, I should have checked back. Just seen that Pim D beat me to it some time ago. What's happened to the face-saving 'Delete' button? It seems to have, er, been deleted.] |
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Kerr (or as one branch of the family has it, Ker) is originally a scots borders name, which is presumably the reason for the pronunciation. I susepct the great vowel shift may have somethign to do with it too, cf Hertford, clerk, Berkshire etc..
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somethign I'm so glad I'm not the only person who does that. Thank you so much!  |
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« Reply #20 on: 13:51:10, 22-10-2007 » |
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Not so much vowel-shifting there as consonantal-drift. While we are on great vowel-shifters, let us not overlook Bill Kerr (a 'Cur' rather than a 'Car')  |
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« Reply #23 on: 14:16:58, 22-10-2007 » |
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George, is it not the Remove button on the right of your posts?  Ah...see what you mean - mine's disappeared on this thread too!!  |
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« Reply #24 on: 14:51:20, 22-10-2007 » |
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#17 Thank you,George. Indeed, I did rather expect you to respond, earlier, in the full splendour of a 7th cavalry uniform (a bit of a fetish but shh!...)  but, nevertheless it is most gratifying to hear the voice of the turtle in the land again. |
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« Reply #25 on: 22:13:22, 22-10-2007 » |
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That's Gary Karr, isn't it?
I had doubts about it myself, Richard, did a quick Google, found a few references (although not the "blue-chip" ones like Wikipedia etc, which ought to have warned me) and was too easily satisfied. Obviously the references I found made the same mistake I did... |
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Friendly comment on Deborah Kerr by Marni Nixon on Last Word. Here you can listen to the latest edition: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/lastword.shtmlNixon's dubbing career included the singing voice of Deborah Kerr in "The King an I" and "An Affair to Remember". |
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Marni Nixon's expertise and discretion was well covered in the much missed "Stage and Screen" last year, Pim. It must have been frustrating to provide the 'voice' for so many distinguished films and it is now time to recognise her work in its own right.
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Marni Nixon's expertise and discretion was well covered in the much missed "Stage and Screen" last year, Pim. It must have been frustrating to provide the 'voice' for so many distinguished films and it is now time to recognise her work in its own right.
Quite so. It is much to be regretted that neither her Ives, nor her Boulez recordings appear to be currently available. She did, after all, give the first performance of "Improvisation sur Mallarme I" in the USA, and her contribution was held in much greater esteem than that of the conductor, Leonard Bernstein. |
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Marni Nixon's expertise and discretion was well covered in the much missed "Stage and Screen" last year, Pim. It must have been frustrating to provide the 'voice' for so many distinguished films and it is now time to recognise her work in its own right. Much missed indeed, Stanley! It was a good programme. I remember excellent programmes about the music of Henry Mancini and Michel Legrand. I have a lovely episode with Patricia Routledge on CD. Roger: please bring back "Stage and Screen", "Voices" and Brian Kay's Light Programme! It is much to be regretted that neither her Ives, nor her Boulez recordings appear to be currently available. She did, after all, give the first performance of "Improvisation sur Mallarme I" in the USA, and her contribution was held in much greater esteem than that of the conductor, Leonard Bernstein. They should be available indeed, Bryn! I don't know many singers who can perform both musical and serial repertoire. |
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