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| | The Stage Online :: Reviews :: The Death of Gogol and the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Each one of these influences may be cause to a mass of camp humour but Luscombe wisely steers clear of this as Stuart’s story is one that takes him into desperation and finally madness. |
 | | Duncan Wisbey is a superlative performer, able to generate all the excitement and anticipation of the contest in the guise of Dutch entry, Lenny Kuhr, while easily slipping into other, more menacing personae such as Gogol’s manservant or, perhaps more telling, the character of Gogol’s Diary of a Madman. |
 | | Wisbey also performs excerpts from many of the entrants, gives a rendition of Kuhr’s De Troubadour number in perfect Dutch, and, as the communist Kuhr, swipes a few well-timed bon-mots at British arrogance and Lulu’s entourage. |
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