Patrick Barlow
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Patrick Barlow (born 18 March, 1947) is an English actor, comedian and playwright.
His comedic alter ego, Desmond Olivier Dingle, is the founder, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the two-man National Theatre of Brent. The role of his assistant (or as Desmond likes to call him, "my entire company") has been taken by different actors over the years, including Jim Broadbent (as Wallace), Robert Austin (as Bernard), and John Ramm (as Raymond Box). Their 1998 production Love Upon the Throne (featuring Barlow as Prince Charles and Ramm as Diana, Princess of Wales) was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy. Barlow has written two books in the character of Desmond Olivier Dingle, Shakespeare: The Truth! and All the World's a Globe: From Lemur to Cosmonaut.
Many of these plays have also been done for radio, including Shakespeare: The Truth! (called Desmond Olivier Dingle's Guide to the Complete Works of William Shakepeare, by Desmond Olivier Dingle and All the World's a Globe.
Barlow has also written a 4-part situation comedy for radio called The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience which ran for four weeks during the month of January, 1999.
He most recently played the part of Om in the radio adaption of Terry Pratchett's Small Gods.
Barlow has appeared in several feature films, and made regular appearances in comedy and drama series on British television and radio, including co-starring with Imelda Staunton in Is it Legal?, and playing the part of the vicar in Jam & Jerusalem. He has also written and directed for television.
Patrick Barlow also wrote a stage adaptation of John Buchan's The 39 Steps , which premiered in June 2005 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.[1] After revision, the play opened at London's Tricycle Theatre in August 2006,[2] and after a successful run transferred to the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly in September 2006.[3] The play was also performed in the USA in early 2008 and in Australia by the Melbourne Theatre Company in April 2008.[4].
Selected filmography
References
- ^ Sam Marlowe (18 August 2006). "The 39 Steps". The Times. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ Dominic Cavendish (18 August 2006). "Irreverent romp down the nostalgia track". Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ Brian Logan (23 September 2006). "The 39 Steps (Criterion, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "The 39 Steps, Melbourne Theatre Company".