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Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
's 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Shaftesbury Theatre

The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job
The Italian Job

The Italian Job is a United Kingdom heist film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson ....
, Pavlov's dogs
Ivan Pavlov

For other uses, see Pavlov.Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian Empire, and later Soviet, physiologist, psychologist, and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for research pertaining to the digestive system....
 and European languages. Izzard released Glorious the next year in 1997.
  • Shaftesbury Theatre
  • Thimbles & Animals
  • Supermarkets
  • Old Ladies
  • Dog Food
  • Squeezy Squeezy Things
  • Shoplifting
  • Best Laid Plans
  • Suffering Fools
  • Latin and French
  • France Exchange Trip
  • Being European
  • Romans
  • Hannibal
  • Handshakes
  • Being Cool
  • Parrots
  • Beachy Head Suicide
  • James Bond
  • Chemistry
  • Einstein
  • Pavlov's Cats
  • Big Bang Salmon


  • Intro and Thimbles
  • Hairnets and Dog Food
  • Squeezy Squeezy Thing
  • Late Night Murderers
  • Shoplifting
  • Best Laid Plans of Mice
  • Run, He Knows Latin!
  • Romans Invade
  • St.






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    Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard
    Eddie Izzard

    Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
    's 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre
    Shaftesbury Theatre

    The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden....
     in London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    . Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job
    The Italian Job

    The Italian Job is a United Kingdom heist film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson ....
    , Pavlov's dogs
    Ivan Pavlov

    For other uses, see Pavlov.Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian Empire, and later Soviet, physiologist, psychologist, and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for research pertaining to the digestive system....
     and European languages. Izzard released Glorious the next year in 1997.

    CD track listing

    1. Shaftesbury Theatre
    2. Thimbles & Animals
    3. Supermarkets
    4. Old Ladies
    5. Dog Food
    6. Squeezy Squeezy Things
    7. Shoplifting
    8. Best Laid Plans
    9. Suffering Fools
    10. Latin and French
    11. France Exchange Trip
    12. Being European
    13. Romans
    14. Hannibal
    15. Handshakes
    16. Being Cool
    17. Parrots
    18. Beachy Head Suicide
    19. James Bond
    20. Chemistry
    21. Einstein
    22. Pavlov's Cats
    23. Big Bang Salmon


    DVD Chapter Listing

    1. Intro and Thimbles
    2. Hairnets and Dog Food
    3. Squeezy Squeezy Thing
    4. Late Night Murderers
    5. Shoplifting
    6. Best Laid Plans of Mice
    7. Run, He Knows Latin!
    8. Romans Invade
    9. St. Paul's Letters
    10. Salutes and Handshakes
    11. Being Cool
    12. Television, Gadgets and Quiz Shows
    13. Bond Gadgets
    14. From Einstein to Pavlov
    15. The Big Bang Salmon


    Trivia

    At the beginning of the show (as seen on the DVD), Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal him sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book. The chosen selections are:

    • A Marriage Proposal
      A Marriage Proposal

      A Marriage Proposal is a one-act Play by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888-1889.Although best known for his longer, more serious plays, Chekhov also wrote a number of short farces, which include the one-act A Marriage Proposal....
       (a.k.a. The Proposal
      A Marriage Proposal

      A Marriage Proposal is a one-act Play by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888-1889.Although best known for his longer, more serious plays, Chekhov also wrote a number of short farces, which include the one-act A Marriage Proposal....
      ) - Anton Chekhov
      Anton Chekhov

      Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian Short story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in world literature....
    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky

      "Jabberwocky" is a poem of nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, originally featured as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass . It is considered by many to be one of the greatest literary nonsense poems written in the English language....
       - Lewis Carroll
      Lewis Carroll

      Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll , was an England author, mathematics, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer....
    • Macbeth
      Macbeth

      Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest Shakespearean tragedy and is believed to have been written some time between 1603 and 1606, with 1607 being the very latest possible date....
       - Shakespeare
    • Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
      Thomas Hardy

      Thomas Hardy, Order of Merit was an England author of the naturalism movement, though he regarded himself primarily as a poet and composed novels mainly for financial gain....
    • Edward II
      Edward II (play)

      Edward II is a Renaissance or Early Modern period play written by Christopher Marlowe. It is one of the earliest English history plays. The full title of the first publication is The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer....
       - Christopher Marlowe
      Christopher Marlowe

      Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an Kingdom of England Playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost English Renaissance theatre tragedy next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own mysterious and untimely death....


    See also

    • Eddie Izzard
      Eddie Izzard

      Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
    • Stripped
      Stripped (Eddie Izzard)

      Stripped is the title of a stand-up comedy tour by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of the United Kingdom comedian's typical style of comedy, full of "stream-of-conscious banter and predilection for nonsensical detours and frequent tangents." The tour was performed from April 28 August 9, 2008, with three "warm-up" dates....
       (2008)
    • Sexie
      Sexie

      Sexie is the name of the 2003 tour by Eddie Izzard. The tour covered Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland....
       (2003)
    • Circle
      Circle (Eddie Izzard)

      Circle is the name of a stand-up comedy tour by the comedian Eddie Izzard in 2000.It was released on VHS and DVD in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2002....
       (2002)
    • Dress to Kill
      Dress to Kill

      Dress To Kill is the title of a performance by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of the United Kingdom comedian's surrealism, ideas-based comedy....
       (1999)
    • Glorious (stand-up comedy) (1997)
    • Unrepeatable
      Unrepeatable

      Unrepeatable is the title of a performance by United Kingdom comedian Eddie Izzard. It was recorded in 1994 at the Albery Theatre, released on DVD, and follows his first show, Live at the Ambassadors....
       (1994)
    • Live at the Ambassadors
      Live at the Ambassadors

      Eddie Izzard made his West End theatre debut in 1993 at the Ambassadors Theatre. The show originally had a 4 week run, which was extended twice due to the popularity of the performance....
       (1993)


    External links

    • - article at The Official Eddie Izzard Site
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