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	Widow Twankey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Widow Twankey is a character in the pantomime Aladdin.
		In 1813 she was Ching Mustapha, then followed Wee Ping, Chow Chow and Tan King, the Widow Twankay in 1861 named after a popular brand of China tea.
		The first Widow Twankey was played by James Rogers at the Strand Theatre in 1861.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Widow_Twankey (182 words)

	Aladdin pantomime script (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Enter Widow Twankey R. She brings on a washing line, and stretches it right across the stage.
		WIDOW This is the face of a seductress.
		WIDOW You know, Wishy, I often think of myself as Venus di Milo.
	www.spotlightpublications.com /aladdin.htm (406 words)

	Michael Hurst Now: NZ Herald Review, Aladdin (2003)
		Actually, that was the sound of Michael Hurst, pretending to be the Widow Twankey, falling down the stairs.
		The Widow Twankey, after a fight with an ironing board, announces, "Well, I think that qualifies me for the ironman competition." A beat for the groans.
		But Hurst's Widow Twankey, the busty washerwoman with knobbly knees and a voice as rough as the widow's hands after she's done her washing in "sulphuric acid, porridge and cocoa", stands out.
	michaelhurstnow.com /aladdinheraldreview.html (623 words)

	Aladdin Reviews
		A new star has risen on the horizon of theatrical damehood, and she is wondrous to behold.
		This cheeky romp features Ian McKellen as a lady, the Widow Twankey, whose gaudy flamboyance could give Dame Edna a run for her money.
		Widow Twankey (Ian McKellen) and Dim Sum (Maureen Lipman)
	www.mckellen.com /stage/aladdin/reviews.htm (414 words)

	Nights Details 1
		The leading boy is always played by an actress (for those of you in the States this means female actor), as is the leading girl; and a comical matronly figure (such as Widow Twankey in Aladdin) is played by an actor.
		In the coloured theatrical light, Aladdin and Widow Twankey peer into the pit whilst Wishee Washee, Aladdin's brother in the traditional pantomime, looks on.
		Subsequently Widow Twankey became the proprietor of a Laundry, and she was given another son, 'Wishee Washee'.
	www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk /13-panto.htm (1233 words)

	Aladdin pantomime script
		This highly original script has three dames (the widows Twankey Twinkey and Twonkey), a female villain Ethelazar, plus his characteristic one-liners.
		Aladdin the son of Widow Twankey who owns the Peking laundry, falls in love with Princess Wong, daughter to the Emperor.
		Twankey Though our hours are long and the work hard, we need to make what little money we can in these days of rising inflation.
	www.spotlightpublications.com /aladdinRC.htm (747 words)

	Amazon.com: "Widow Twankey": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In Pantoland 'I'm bored with television,' announced Widow Twankey from her easy chair in the Empyrean, switching off The Late Show and adjusting his/her falsies inside her outrageous red...
		Wishy and Washy did sing to electric guitars (deafeningly amplified) but Widow Twankey, played by a certain Jim Diamond, was all a Dame should be, a nimble little cockney, fitted up with a...
		As the Emperor and Aladdin are talking, Widow Twankey, the Dame, is behind a folding-screen: [The Emperor] suddenly sees a bra come over the top of the screen....
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Widow-Twankey (536 words)

	scrapbook
		It was the fourth pantomime written especially for Barnstaple by Roy Hudd and starred BBC Radio Devon's Douglas Mounce as Widow Twankey.
		The most robust and enduring of all pantomimes went with a swing from the moment Douglas Mounce stepped onto the stage, every bit a Widow Twankey, down to his high-heeled shoes.
		He was supported admirably by a largely professional cast, scattered with stars from the BBC television comedy series 'Allo Allo' and the odd Eurovision Song Contest winner.
	www.douglasmounce.com /scrap.htm (896 words)

	Widow Twankey on TV - Live TV Schedules, Widow Twankey Coverage and TV Channel Guide
		Widow Twankey on TV - Full Listings of TV shows featuring Widow Twankey this week.
		An escaped convict seeks refuge with a young widow and her two children.
		Thereâs also an excellent mix of childrenâs and adult humour (Widow Twankey, played by David Tarkenter, is a particular all-rounder with her strong...
	www.awns.com /tv/widow-twankey-on-tv.html?more=1 (213 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Review: Aladdin at the Old Vic
		Sir Ian McKellen as Widow Twankey is pulling in the public
		In the season of joy, this version of the famous fairytale is a celebration of pantomime itself, with Sir Ian's pantomime dame taking centre stage.
		So much has been thrown into the mix that it is surprising not to see the kitchen sink in a supporting role.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/4110707.stm (605 words)

	Commons sketch: Widow Twankey ends the peer's last show \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Commons sketch: Widow Twankey ends the peer's last show
		Commons sketch: Widow Twankey ends the peer's last show
		The end of the peers show happened yesterday afternoon at around half past five.
	www.guardian.co.uk /parl/Story/0,,197504,00.html (527 words)

	Why I had to flee London for a night with widow Twankey Spectator, The - Find Articles
		Why I had to flee London for a night with widow Twankey
		I suspect, though, that the nearest thing in the vast Hippodrome audience to a member of the liberal intelligentsia was me. Which shows the extent to which the provincial Christmas pantomime is part of Mr Blair's `forces of conservatism'.
		So in came Mr Maclean's Widow Twankey, and explained that she is so hard-- up that she may have to sell her house.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200301/ai_n9234463 (861 words)

	Panto Time in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Their hairy legs and beards make it clear even to tiny tots that Nurse or Mother is really a man. Mother Goose, Widow Twankey, and Cinderella's ugly sisters are all well-known cross-dressing roles.
		Whenever a Demon King or Wicked Uncle appears (always from stage left and lit by a green spotlight), it's the signal for the audience to jeer and hiss.
		Other opportunities for creating havoc take place in Widow Twankey's laundry or Mother Goose's kitchen.
	www.internationalliving.com /england/free/eletters_123.cfm (351 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| Knight of the realm, dame of the stage
		He's done Shakespeare, he's world-famous as Gandalf – now Sir Ian McKellen is about to play Widow Twankey.
		Having famously sported the wizened beard of Tolkien's Gandalf and the hunchback of Shakespeare's Richard III, McKellen is shaping up for his most surprising role yet.
		When he appears at London's Old Vic Theatre in next month's Aladdin, the actor, long considered one of the finest classical performers of his generation, will be trussed up in the pantomime embonpoint of Widow Twankey.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/15/btianmc15.xml (415 words)

	Aladdin \| \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Roger Allam (Abbanazar), Ian McKellen (Widow Twankey), Neil McDermott (Aladdin) and Frances Barber (Dim Sum) in Aladdin.
		Saturday night at the Old Vic, and as Sir Ian McKellen reprises his Widow Twankey - got up in a frilled jumpsuit that makes the nice but naughty Dame look like a poodle on heat - there is only a sprinkling of children in the audience.
		When McKellen's Twankey announces: "Strip it off and toss it up - I'm always ready for a big load," I had to check the programme to see whether Jim Davidson had a writing credit.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /critic/review/0,,1670382,00.html (449 words)

	'Aladdin' production magical family fun
		The biggest challenge of her role isn't the singing and dancing, but keeping a straight face while on stage with her eccentric mother Widow Twankey, played by Erin's Paul Doyle.
		Once the Sultan of Magador, played by Peter Richards of Dundalk, lays eyes on Widow Twankey, he can think of nothing else he wants more.
		He and his team unconventional cohorts Ernie and Gert, played by Grand Valley's John Rowe and Orangeville's Jeanette Massicotte, along with Widow Twankey and a dancing Cat named Amir, played by Kaitlyn Walton, will stop at nothing to prevent Abanazer and Sheharazaade from ruling Magador.
	www.citizen.on.ca /news/2006/1123/Local_news/018.html (507 words)

	The real entertainment began...
		For the first couple of minutes, Herc looked like he felt awkward, especially when Widow Twankey moved to stand in front of him at the foot of the stage, but he couldn’t resist laughing and relaxed when she started dancing and shaking her ‘groove thing’.
		He softly blew across her right ear with his warm, moist breath, all the while sending extremely erotic thoughts to not only the widow, but to every female in the room, as though he was sharing his arousal with them.
		Repeating the move with his right hand, so that both arms were held up, symbolizing his victory, the right side of the stage was also immediately lit up, to reveal the group of warriors and warlords, heroes, and gods, who were now all wearing nothing but various colored g-strings.
	ourworld.cs.com /LadyAmethysta/PHX_Con_Yule_Excerpts_pg_2.htm (4843 words)

	Michael Hurst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As for The Widow Twankey, I had already created her for the stage and again, producer Liz Friedman saw my work here and thought that it
		You have to understand that The Widow Twankey in Hercules was not the first time I had performed that role, nor, for that matter, the first
		If anyone were to give me the “awkward eye”, well, that is their problem, not mine.
	hometown.aol.com /sultryscorpeo/hurst.html (1865 words)

	UnderH2O » Blog Archive » The BEST Widow Twankey
		Mum, Maddy and I went to see Aladdin at the Old Vic on Saturday, with the splendid Sir Ian McKellen playing Widow Twankey.
		We saw the first Saturday night performance of this show and it was completely obvious how much the entire cast enjoyed taking part.
		There were the obligatory set malfunctions and I don’t know how many costume changes Widow Twankey did, but they all look just gorgeous; Trinny and Susannah would have been proud, especially of those legs!
	www.hardman.uk.com /melanie/blog/?p=26 (213 words)

	Cornwall County Council - Widow Twankey And Aladdin Join Father Christmas, Mince Pies And Carol Singing Sessions At ...
		Widow Twankey And Aladdin Join Father Christmas, Mince Pies And Carol Singing Sessions At West Cornwall Libraries In December
		Christmas carols, story telling and craft sessions, complete with mince pies and pantomime characters are just some of the festive activities on offer at libraries in the west of the county in December.
		Help decorate the Library Christmas tree and accept an invitation to a Children's Christmas Party at St Just while at Truro Library staff are staging a Christmas Coffee Morning for Bookstart Families.
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=8960 (271 words)

	Untitled Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"James Biddlecombe's Widow Twankey is excellent in the way of great dames"
		"....extracts every ounce of humour, strutting and pouting in a style surpassing even his efforts last year as Widow Twankey" Oxford Mail 16/12/9
		"Widow Twankey was superb and treated the audience as part of the cast; no mean feat!" Newbury Weekly News 12/12/96
	www.biddie.btinternet.co.uk /pantomime.html (151 words)

	Michael Hurst Now: Metro Preview, Aladdin (2003)
		For this Aladdin, Hurst has resurrected and updated a production he directed a decade ago, in the days of the Watershed Theatre.
		He's bringing his Widow Twankey out of the closet to play the cantankerous curmudgeon opposite rising star Anna Hewlett as the boy with the magic lamp.
		With Willy de Witt as the genie and fellow comic luminaries Sugar and Spice and Alison Wall, Hurst has assembled a cast of top comics, to prove his belief that children deserve the "full-on theatricality, full-on acting, the real deal" their parents expect.
	michaelhurstnow.com /aladdinmetro.html (233 words)

	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
		The story of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp was the source for the first stage version at Covent Garden in 1788.
		The famous down Grimaldi played in it in 1813, and in 1861 Widow Twankey made her first appearance as a character.
		Bille Brown is an actor, director and writer, who has worked in theatre, television and film.
	www.allticketseurope.com /musicals/aladdin/aladdin.html (237 words)

	Pantomines in and around London, a CurtainUp London feature
		The income from their "panto" can often subsidise a theatre for the rest of the year.
		This year the most famous and unlikely Dame is Sir Ian McKellen who will play Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Old Vic under the artistic direction of Kevin Spacey.
		One I shall definitely be taking in, is the magnificent Clive Rowe at the Hackney Empire in the comparatively rare Jack and the Beanstalk as Dame Trot, the impoverished widow who charges her son with selling the cow.
	www.curtainup.com /xmas2005lond.html (720 words)

	PeoplePlay UK - Dan Leno as Widow Twankey
		Dan Leno played his first pantomime Dame at the Surrey Theatre in 1886.
		The production of Aladdin in 1896 was not seen as one of Drury Lane's best shows, but Dan Leno's Widow Twankey was judged by many to be his finest Dame.
		The Stage's review was typical: 'Singing, dancing or acting, Mr Leno is at his best this season?
	www.peopleplayuk.org.uk /collections/object.php?object_id=854 (191 words)

	Porirua Little Theatre - Aladdin - Photo's
		Widow Twankey is arrested because the police cannot find Aladdin
		The Genie makes Widow Twankey the most beautiful woman in the world
		Aladdin convinces the Emperor and Empress to let him marry the princess
	plt.wellington.net.nz /pastshow/shows/2000-2009/01aladdin/photos.html (202 words)

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		Sir Ian to reprise his Widow Twankey panto role
		Following last year’s sell-out success, Ian McKellen returns to The Old Vic as Widow Twankey, the ultimate pantomime dame.
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	www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/1/1132415520 (154 words)

	The Gallery - Roy Barraclough as Widow Twankey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Gallery - Roy Barraclough as Widow Twankey
		DISCLAIMER - All the pictures included we either own or use with the permission of the copyright holder.
		This page was last updated 13th July 2004
	www.its-behind-you.com /gallery503.html (77 words)

	Aladdin (2000) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The rehearsals and multiple retakes of TV show how it is technology rather than acting skill which has put so many "stars" on our silver screen.
		"Griff Rhys-Jones " (qv) is one notable exception in his small role, as are two of the major characters: "Martin Clunes" (qv) as the evil Abanazer and "John Savident" (qv), as Widow Twankey, is proper Dame
		I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0271958 (251 words)

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