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PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH - from PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S (h) (1976) - Barry Humphries

PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH - from PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S (h) (1976) - Barry Humphries

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Size: 7 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (approx)

John Barry Humphries AC CBE (1934 – 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's TheatreLondon). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspiredalthough it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John CleeseAmnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the erasetting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas

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Location: PP-12-7

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