A Lady Of Letters With Patricia Routledge Part 1

If you've ever wondered how Roy Clarke created ''Hyacinth Bucket'' in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' you should check this out. Here Patricia Routledge gives an outstanding performance as Irene Ruddock, a snobbish single woman that complains and writes non-stop letters to people about how she thinks things should be. Her obbsession with writing letters eventually lands her in prison. You can definitely see the character Hyacinth forming in this. This is like an early rehearsal of Hyacinth.
This is an Alan Bennett Talking Heads Monologue which was recorded in 1987 especially for TV. I find it amazing how she can memorise every word. She is truly the greatest actress.

I also know how extremely rare this is to find in shops, so I'm more than happy to share this with the rest of the world. I think we all enjoy Patricia Routledge on our televisions which is why I wish she would return to comedy and put theatre on hold for a bit. Enjoy!

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[craiges2002]

Love her.

[foreverashcroft]

i adore this , always have, the writing is sublime.. Bennett portraits women so well

[Bradyhousetour]

I could listen to Patricia Routledge FOR HOURS! My first exposure to her doing this sort of storytelling was in "Mrs. Fozzard Finds Her Feet." I found myself transfixed on what would ordinarily appear boring. Bennett is a writing wizard. His material for Talking Heads is extraordinary, and will attract the admiration of generations to come! The combination of Routledge and Bennett = genius. Thank you for posting this.

[alexbasement101]

this woman is fucking jokes

[timothyw98]

She complains that he didn't reply back to her on a letter where she said that he didn't have to reply to her other letter.

Talking about a nuisance cause.

[timothyw98]

This starts off understandable, complaining for smoking at a time of grief, then develops into ridiculous harassment.

[sexypotterhead]

this is amazing, i love this so much.

[BellButtonVideos]

I need up purchasing his book from iTunes on my iPad for 9.99

[annac42]

@BellButtonVideos I would like to know too for my english coursework

[BellButtonVideos]

Where can I find the script for this?

[popazz1]

Alan Bennett,along with Victoria Wood are two of The North's finest contributors to the genre 'observational humour'.And like Ms Wood,Bennett has that canny knack of picking exactly the right performers for his work.But someone commented here that he/she wished Routledge had recreated the role for "Ladies of Letters" replacing Anne Reid.I don't think Bennet wrote that series.I watched an episode yesterday & it was written by two females.Though of course I could be wrong.

[preecer8]

we had to do this for gcse english