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The Truman Capote Show Edinburgh Fringe 9th August 2017 Assembly George Street

A reprise of Fringe Award winning one- hander tour de force  -  A southern self confessed "fag" author knows he is destined for stardom and  takes on the rednecks, the literary lions of the USA, and Hollywood celebrity   - notably Gore Vidal, Marlon Brando, Marilyn, Hemingway, Mailer,  Dorothy Parker   -  and lords it over them all,  an ego of gigantic proportions makes it big - catty remarks and put downs, bandinage all delivered impeccably in character by Bob Kingdom. 
We are taken through the five stages of celebrity:   "Who is Truman Capote?";  "Get me Truman Capote"; "Get me someone who looks like Truman Capote";  "Who is Truman Capote".  From small town America to canyon like mansions of billionaires, to parties in New York swankiest hotels,  to drunken disgrace  on TV  chat shows in the later years......
Even if you have never heard of Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany's , in Cold Blood) ...this show is simply simmering with wit, nuanced bitchery, and literary bezazz........and the glitter that celebrity rubs off on all around...

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