Theatre
The following is a partial list of Thompson's theatre credits:
- 1982 – Appeared in Not the Nine O'Clock News – UK tour.
- 1982 – Co-wrote and appeared in Beyond the Footlights – Lyric Hammersmith, London.
- 1984 – Wrote and starred in the one woman show Short Vehicle – Edinburgh Festival.
- 1984/5 – Played Sally in the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester production of the musical Me and My Girl, co-starring with Robert Lindsay. The show then successfully transferred to the Adelphi Theatre, London. (The book for Me and My Girl was adapted by Stephen Fry)
- 1989 – Played Alison in Look Back in Anger by John Osborne – Lyric Shaftesbury, London.
- 1990 – Played The Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream – International tour.
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Famous quotes containing the word theatre:
“The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.”
—Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)
“People fall out of windows, trees tumble down,
Summer is changed to winter, the young grow old
The air is full of children, statues, roofs
And snow. The theatre is spinning round,
Colliding with deaf-mute churches and optical trains.
The most massive sopranos are singing songs of scales.”
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After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious,
Even so, or with much more contempt, men’s eyes
Did scowl on gentle Richard.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)