RHLSTP 359 - Miriam Margolyes
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
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Charles Dickens - The Great Midwife
I think he's as great as Shakespeare. He's our window into the 19th century because of the way that he showed it to us. I absolutely love him. And he created over 2000 characters. That's a huge amount of people that he just pulled out of his brain, out of his imagination. It would be amazing. The photo that will be used will be me as Mrs. Gamp. She was always pissed, pretended she wasn't and pretended she was very good nurse - which is what Dickens called her. But let me put my lips to it when I'm so disposed...that's Mrs. Gamps' line.
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