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| Actor Laurence Fox rants at heckler who 'ruined play for everybody' | Actor Laurence Fox rants at heckler who 'ruined play for everybody' |
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| The actor Laurence Fox, best known for his longstanding role in crime drama Lewis, shouted down a heckler with a strongly worded tirade during a performance of The Patriotic Traitor at London’s Park theatre. | The actor Laurence Fox, best known for his longstanding role in crime drama Lewis, shouted down a heckler with a strongly worded tirade during a performance of The Patriotic Traitor at London’s Park theatre. |
| Related: The Patriotic Traitor review – tragedy and treason with Tom Conti and Laurence Fox | Related: The Patriotic Traitor review – tragedy and treason with Tom Conti and Laurence Fox |
| “I won’t bother telling you the story because this cunt in the front row has ruined it for everybody,” Fox said at the close of the play, before leaving the stage angrily. He did not return to bow with the rest of the cast. | |
| Responding to BBC producer Lewis Vickers on Twitter, who said Fox had “dealt brilliantly with that cunning stunt”, Fox said: “He was a cunning stunt wasn’t he? Apologies for my being a cunning stunt as well ... So glad you liked it.” | Responding to BBC producer Lewis Vickers on Twitter, who said Fox had “dealt brilliantly with that cunning stunt”, Fox said: “He was a cunning stunt wasn’t he? Apologies for my being a cunning stunt as well ... So glad you liked it.” |
| Fox was performing as Charles de Gaulle in the play, which focuses on the relationship between De Gaulle and France’s second world war collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain, played by Tom Conti. Reviewing the production, the Guardian’s Michael Billington wrote: “Laurence Fox is outstanding as De Gaulle, capturing his supercilious self-certainty and ability to see himself as the spirit of France.” | Fox was performing as Charles de Gaulle in the play, which focuses on the relationship between De Gaulle and France’s second world war collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain, played by Tom Conti. Reviewing the production, the Guardian’s Michael Billington wrote: “Laurence Fox is outstanding as De Gaulle, capturing his supercilious self-certainty and ability to see himself as the spirit of France.” |
| He becomes the latest high-profile actor to have to deal with heckling. Last year Keira Knightley filed a harassment complaint with New York police after a man shouted “We’re going to be in heaven together” during a Broadway performance of Thérèse Raquin. Comedian Kevin Bridges meanwhile cut a show in Derry short after constant heckling from a female audience member, while at another he replied to a heckler: “The deal is you buy a ticket for the show, you don’t buy me.” | He becomes the latest high-profile actor to have to deal with heckling. Last year Keira Knightley filed a harassment complaint with New York police after a man shouted “We’re going to be in heaven together” during a Broadway performance of Thérèse Raquin. Comedian Kevin Bridges meanwhile cut a show in Derry short after constant heckling from a female audience member, while at another he replied to a heckler: “The deal is you buy a ticket for the show, you don’t buy me.” |