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Mike Leigh's play Nuts In May was first broadcast by the BBC on 13th January 1976 as part of their "Play For Today" series. The play is in typical Mike Leigh format, where he gives the actors the basic outline of his intended plot and lets them largely adlib the script.
Though Nuts In May was screened on UK TV before Abigail's Party, I didn't see Nuts In May for the first time until about 3 months after ... ...through Nuts In May that I realised both the characters of Candice Marie and Beverly (in Abigail's Party) were played by the same actress, Alison Steadman. To me, that is the hallmark of extremely good acting, and accurate portrayal of two very different characters in the two plays, in that it took me so long to realise those very different characters were in fact the same actress.
The basic outline of Nuts In May is that husband and wife, Keith ...
CelticSoulSister 20.11.2009
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