Stage
The two also made independent stage appearances: Dame Hilda as 'Katisha' in The Mikado and 'Ruth' in The Pirates of Penzance; and Doctor Hinge as Miss Marple in Murder at the Vicarage in 1994. The characters appeared together in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest for a West End run, followed by a nationwide tour; and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in a New Year’s Eve performance of Die Fledermaus, conducted by Plácido Domingo and starring Kiri Te Kanawa. They toured the UK with the Peter Shaffer play Lettice and Lovage, as well as continuing to appear in their variety act, touring with the variety show Palladium Nights until 2001). Hinge and Bracket appeared on the Royal Variety Show twice, and were selected to perform privately for the Royal Family on a number of occasions.
Fyffe (Dame Hilda) also toured a one-woman show entitled By Kind Permission, which saw Dame Hilda perform new songs (written by Fyffe, Barrie Bignold and Stuart Calvert) and perform sketches as different characters.
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