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Description for On the Ceiling
Paperback. A comedy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel starring Ralf Little and Ron Cook, published alongside the West End opening. This time the Pope has surely backed a loser, the man he has put in charge of painting the Sistine Chapel is simply not up to the job - after all, he's a sculptor with next to no experience of painting. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 2. Weight in Grams: 84.
A quirky comedy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, from the well-known actor and writer - seen in the West End starring Ron Cook and Ralf Little.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508: the blockbuster project of the Renaissance world... But this time the Pope has surely backed a loser: Michelangelo never seems to turn up.
So who has to cover for him? Like any big project, it's the little guys, the professionals, the men who've been doing this kind of thing all their lives. As for gratitude, they'll be lucky if they even get ... Read more
Nigel Planer's play On the Ceiling was first staged at Birmingham Rep in 2005, transferring to the Garrick Theatre in the West End in August 2005.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599025
SKU
V9781854599025
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer is probably best-known for The Young Ones and as a founder member of The Comic Strip. Other TV appearances include Blackadder III, Shine On Harvey Moon and The Grimleys. Stage he was in the original casts ofwork includes We Will Rock You, Evita, Feel Good, Darwin In Malibu (Hampstead), Chicago (Adelphi) and All's Well That Ends Well (Open ... Read more
Reviews for On the Ceiling
'Glorious, a truly original piece... it should be an enormous hit'
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