Definite Article
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- This article is about the comedy album by Eddie Izzard. For the grammatical term, see article (grammar).
Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England. Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job, Pavlov's dogs and European languages. Izzard released Glorious the next year in 1997.
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[edit] CD track listing
- Shaftesbury Theatre
- Thimbles & Animals
- Supermarkets
- Old Ladies
- Dog Food
- Squeezy Squeezy Things
- Shoplifting
- Best Laid Plans
- Suffering Fools
- Latin and French
- France Exchange Trip
- Being European
- Romans
- Hannibal
- Handshakes
- Being Cool
- Parrots
- Beachy Head Suicide
- James Bond
- Chemistry
- Einstein
- Pavlov's Cats
- Big Bang Salmon
[edit] Trivia
At the beginning of the show (as seen on the DVD), Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal him sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book, with every word "the" replaced with "definite article". The chosen selections are:
- A Marriage Proposal (a.k.a. The Proposal) - Anton Chekhov
- Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll
- Macbeth - Shakespeare
- Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
- Edward II - Christopher Marlowe
[edit] See also
- Sexie (2003)
- Circle (2002)
- Dress to Kill (1999)
- Glorious (1997)
- Unrepeatable (1994)
- Live at the Ambassadors (1993)
[edit] External links
- Definite Article - article at The Official Eddie Izzard Site
- Eddie Izzard: Definite Article at the Internet Movie Database
- Definite Article Transcript on Cake or Death fansite
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