Miss Emma Peel of TV's The Avengers is a far more consummate actress than many would think. A friend of mine once sat next to Dame Diana Rigg while watching an ill-fated Petula Clark musical in London's West End. After expressing his adoration of Rigg's Emma Peel, she curtly replied "I've done OTHER things since then!" He called her a cunt. (To me, that is.)
Stephen Sondheim loves Diana Rigg. He wrote additional material for her in the much-reviled film version of A Little Night Music
, as well as London's stage premiere of Follies. In the aforementioned film, she handles--quite definitively--both a specially written solo version of "Every Day A Little Death" and, later, the original duet version with a blonde(!) Lesley-Anne Down (dubbed by Elaine Tomkinson). Ms. Rigg proves to be one of the few true pleasures in the woeful cinematic adaptation.
In fact, I was going to use Elizabeth Taylor's performance of "Send In The Clowns" since it perfectly fits this blog's requirements, but Liz's singing is terrible. I wasn't sadistic enough to inflict it upon your ears.
, as well as London's stage premiere of Follies. In the aforementioned film, she handles--quite definitively--both a specially written solo version of "Every Day A Little Death" and, later, the original duet version with a blonde(!) Lesley-Anne Down (dubbed by Elaine Tomkinson). Ms. Rigg proves to be one of the few true pleasures in the woeful cinematic adaptation.In fact, I was going to use Elizabeth Taylor's performance of "Send In The Clowns" since it perfectly fits this blog's requirements, but Liz's singing is terrible. I wasn't sadistic enough to inflict it upon your ears.
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