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Major Historical Anniversaries in January 1953
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Inside Nigel Havers wild life from raunchy backstage antics to dramatic jungle exit
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IN 1935, after watching a play at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, two teachers from Darlington’s Polam Hall School made a £5 bet with the star of the show that he couldn’t make repertory theatre work in their hometown. And so, in 1936, Charles Simon, an actor from Wolverhampton, pitched up in Darlington to try to win the bet. He established the Darlington Permanent Repertory Company, which was based at the Theatre Royal in Northgate. Within months, the theatre was sold for conversion into a cinema, so Simon put on his shows in the Temperance Institute in Gladstone Street. In January 1940, he married his leading lady, Nancy McDermid, from Blackwell, and they were back on stage that evening in a play called Meet the Wife.
Nigel Havers: âAt 15, I sang Jumpinâ Jack Flash to my dad in Mick Jaggerâs courtroom suitâ
Nigel Haversâ teenage obsessions . Mick Jagger (with Marianne Faithfull), Paul McCartney and Peter OâToole in Lawrence of Arabia. Composite: David Redfern/Getty Images/Columbia/Rex/Shutterstock
Nigel Haversâ teenage obsessions . Mick Jagger (with Marianne Faithfull), Paul McCartney and Peter OâToole in Lawrence of Arabia. Composite: David Redfern/Getty Images/Columbia/Rex/Shutterstock
The star of A Passage to India and Coronation Street on gigging in Portugal aged 17, discovering theatre in Suffolk and his love of David Leanâs films
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Nigel Havers: ‘At 15, I sang Jumpin’ Jack Flash to my dad in Mick Jagger’s courtroom suit’ As told to Rich Pelley
Paul McCartney’s Höfner Violin bass
I was first aware of the Beatles when Please Please Me got into the charts when I was 12 or 13. They sank in when the album came out. I put the LP on the record player, sat down and listened to it in one go. They wrote their own songs with three guitars, a drummer and vocal harmonies. It’s hard to realise what a monumental change in music that was.
Paul McCartney is one of the great bass players. Some of his riffs are incredible. He didn’t want to play bass, because he’s a lead guitarist, so he plays it a bit like a lead guitar. I always wanted a Höfner Violin bass, because that’s what McCartney plays. If you play a regular bass, like a Fender, and swing it round, it looks odd. McCartney is left-handed, which is why he chose the Höfner Violin.
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