Dennis Waterman and Anton Rodgers Brush up your Shakespeare

Dennis Waterman and Anton Rodgers perform Brush up your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate at the 1982 Royal Variety Perfomance

[@joanne26]

I left school in 1981 OH MY 43 years ago. Where have those years gone. I would be taken by my parents🙏🙏🙏several a year up till the around 1990 to London. We would go by train and stay at the Strand Palace Hotel for several days and at night see several shows at the theatres. Wonderful Dennis died 2 years ago last week and Anton died 16 years ago.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 One of the shows we saw was WINDY CITY back in 1982 I still have the programme I think Dennis and Anton worked together on several occasions 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️❤️👍 👍 👍 😃😃😃

[@songsmith31a]

Brilliant! A great reminder of Dennis Waterman's ability as a singer/performer, matched by Anton Rodgers in fine style. Thanks for this trip back in time.

[@guignardiere]

One of my uncles was a tenor in a local operatic societyI remember them performing "Kiss Me Kate" back in the early '60's. This brought back so many memories.

[@janpepler7949]

Wow they are amazing 👏 I didn't know both of them could do a song and dance act!! I have only seen them acting!!

[@ellenthorne818]

I think this was absolutely brilliant thanks

[@caseyjonessnr1200]

An excellent rendition of one of my favourite songs. Mr Rodgers and Mr Waterman performed faultlessly. 3:14

[@andreaallsopp7043]

These were the costumes they wore in the musical Windy City in London - a fantastic production fondly remembered..

[@tonysmith4918]

I Still vividly remember going to see that show. It was a musical adaptation of "The Front Page." I thoroughly enjoyed it and even bought the soundtrack album. Amanda Redman and Victor Spinetti were also in it.

[@andreaallsopp7043]

@@tonysmith4918 I've seen so many productions, but Windy City was so memorable. We had the soundtrack taped from a library record and my kids loved playing it. A few years ago Dennis Waterman appeared in concert version of Guys and Dolls with Ruthie Henshall at Cadogan Hall. My son bought the Windy City soundtrack on CD and asked the bouncer if he'd take it back stage to get it signed . Bouncer came out and told us to wait, Dennis brought it out himself. We talked about how if it was ever put on again he'd now be perfect in the Anton Rogers role. Lucy has also posted footage of the Windy City cast at the Royal Variety Performance in 1982 - just the encore numbers, but fun all the same.

[@SG1Lucy]

@@andreaallsopp7043 I'm afriad they are the only clips that were performed/made it onto the television broadcast. I must admit, I thought they performed a couple of songs from the show, but if they did, it was never broadcast.

[@johngalvin3124]

So well done 👏

[@johannebaker9730]

All Shakespeares plays mentioned in one song if you see the original verses. Love it. Thank you for sharing x ❤

[@davidjones6470]

FANTASTIC upload Yep definitely worth a sub So I'm 110 👍👌

[@germainefisher1632]

That was fun!

[@maxinejacobson4006]

Wonderful!😊

[@tanyaandelvis2698]

Average at best