9:20am Monday 28th January 2008
Following the enormous success of Hinge & Bracket's Dear Ladies, Acorn Media is delighted to announce the DVD release of George Logan and Patrick Fyffe's much loved comedic Gala Evenings, starring the uproarious Hinge and Bracket.
After years of entertaining the residents of the small English village of Stackton Tressel, the irrepressible Dame Hilda Bracket and Dr. Evadne Hinge were delighted to be invited to bring their gala performances to a wider audience.
These special evenings were filmed especially for the BBC between 1977 and 1981 at the Royal Hall, Harrogate and the Opera House, Buxton. Away from their genteel world of cucumber sandwiches, bell ringing and bowls tournaments the dear ladies perform with a full orchestra and choir.
Written by Logan and Fyffe, Hinge & Bracket Gala Evenings, features live performances of the ladies musical comedy and will be available for the first time on DVD, as a two-disc set, on 4 February 2008.
Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were a hugely successful comedy double act played by Logan and Fyffe, respectively, whose popular TV and radio appearances spanned three decades. The elderly pair, Hinge, an intellectual soprano, and Bracket a pianist, played and sang songs to hilarious effect.
They were the most unique female impersonators ever and their show was so convincing people thought they were, in fact, women achieving them cult status over the years.
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