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Continue reading →: John Thaw on a Casting List for the 1979 Sci-Fi film Alien.I came across a casting list for the excellent 1979 sci-fi film Alien directed by Ridley Scott. These types of casting lists are quite common as directors and producers throw out some names for each of the main characters and see what everyone thinks. Actors are not chosen for a…
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Continue reading →: Article From the TV Times (British TV Guide) January 31st 1975.In January 1975 Britain was introduced to a new type of police show, The Sweeney.
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Continue reading →: Two John Thaw Photoplay Magazine Articles From The 1970s.Hello everyone and welcome to a new post. Here we have, below, two magazine articles from the 1970s. Both are from the film magazine, Photoplay. Photoplay was the biggest selling film magazine of the 1970s but sadly it is no longer with us. The first article is dated August 1978.…
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Continue reading →: Film Review magazine Article (1978). Sweeney 2.Sweeney 2, the second and final film spin-off from The Sweeney television series.
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Continue reading →: John Thaw’s last play with RADA; The Knight of the Burning Pestle.John’s final play with RADA was The Knight of the Burning Pestle, which was staged at the University Open Air Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 1960. John and his friend Tom Courtenay jokingly referred to the play as Knight of the Burning Pisspots.
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Continue reading →: John Thaw at RADA.By his second year at RADA, John Thaw was honing his craft as he performed in many student productions. His name can be seen on this programme for a 1959 production of Sheridan’s The School for Scandal. A reviewer in The Stage described his performance in the role of Snake as “convincing”. John…
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