Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall
Tony Lidington plays the entertainer Max Wall in this series of shows recorded before an invited audience at the Concert Artistes' Association in Covent Garden
Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - Cracks in the Wall
Max describes his tempestuous relationship with his mother Stella. When war breaks out in 1939, Max becomes a wireless operator in the RAF, but continues to entertain.
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Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - First Footings
Max recalls his birth into a showbiz world of spit and sawdust in Brixton in 1908. His father was Scottish character comedian Jack Lorrimer, famous for songs and eccentric dancing.
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Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - Foundations of a Wall
Max describes his comedy dance routine, which influenced Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks, and recalls his exploits as an entertainer in the nightclubs of Berlin and Paris.
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Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - The Crumbling Wall
Max describes his invention of the character Prof Wallowski, dressed in a ridiculous bald wig, indecent black tights, green waistcoat and big shoes.
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Afternoon Reading - An Audience with Max Wall - When the Dust Has Settled
Max describes the success he enjoyed in later life as a character actor, with parts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jabberwocky and theatre work including Krapp's Last Tape.
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