In Ian McKellen's Acting Shakespeare, he tells the wonderful old story of actor-manger Sir Donald Wolfit's astonished (and possibly horrified) reaction to the news that the great dancer and choreographer Robert Helpmann was planning a ballet of Hamlet:
"You're going to dance Hamlet, Bobby?"
"Why not Donald? You've been singing him for years!"
What many might miss in the story is Helpmann's dominant (and indeed horrifying) presence in pop culture -- as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
"You're going to dance Hamlet, Bobby?"
"Why not Donald? You've been singing him for years!"
What many might miss in the story is Helpmann's dominant (and indeed horrifying) presence in pop culture -- as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
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