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Richard S Herring has shuffled. I've lost count of how many of the 26 Richard Herrings this leaves, but we are dwindling. If we all go before completing our mission then the world will end. Please protect us. Being a Richard Herring is a curse equivalent to being the oldest person in the world. I hope I am never both. Doesn't bear thinking about. I like the look of Richard S. Though he went by Stanley, presumably to try to keep the cyborgs from finding him.
I have lost track now of how many Richard Herrings are left now. We're not allowed to contact each other or gather in one place or fly on the same plane. We just need one to survive.
Rehearsals for Rita are going well. Anna who plays Rita is on holiday this week, so I've been rehearsing with three stand-in Ritas who have all been excellent. Maybe we should demonstrate the way that Rita changes over the play by having a different actor play her in each scene. Though if we were going to change one of the actors I fear it might be Frank that would be more likely to be replaced. It would certainly help with line learning if I only did one scene. Though Frank just gets more drunk and fucked up as the play progresses, so I'd probably just be called in for the final scene where things have gone a bit tits up for this shambolic fifty-something man.
If we were going to recast I was thinking that Ally would make an excellent Frank. I quite fancy the idea of having him played by a ventriloquist dummy, but otherwise it's an entirely straight version of the play. Maybe we can do an extra performance. Though I am not sure Ally would be prepared to learn all those lines for just one show.
Talking of him, another Newsround, today all about the most evil man in history, Ed Gamble. I can't believe I didn't make a joke about it being Unacceptable that he had another job. But it must be because I am too classy.
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