The Queen's Handbag
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The Queen's Handbag was a pantomime performed at the Children's Party at the Palace hosted as part of Elizabeth II's 80th birthday celebrations 25 June 2006.
[edit] Cast
The show featured an all-star cast as various characters from British children's literature over the years, both heroes and villains, including:
- Queen Elizabeth II as herself
- the Big Friendly Giant
- Sophie from The BFG, performed by the inspiration for the character, Sophie Dahl
- Mr. Tibbs from the BFG (Ronnie Corbett)
- Mary from the BFG (Meera Syal)
- The Fat Controller (Jonathan Ross)
- Angelina Ballerina
- Postman Pat
- The Gruffalo
- The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (Joe Pasquale)
- Peter Pan (Kacey Ainsworth) and the Lost Boys
- Wendy from Peter Pan (Kelly Osbourne)
- Robin Hood (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and his Merry Men
- Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) and friends
- Mr. Plod from Noddy (Martin Clunes)
- Aunt Sponge (Pam St Clement) and Aunt Spiker (June Brown) from James and the Giant Peach
- the Famous Five (Konnie Huq, Gethin Jones, Zoe Salmon, Matt Baker and Meg)
- Horrid Henry (Sam Aston)
- Just William (Luke Tittensor)
- Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)
- Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint)
- Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)
- Neville Longbottom (Matthew David Lewis)
- Mary Poppins (Scarlet Strallen)
- Bert, Michael, Jane and others from Mary Poppins
- Roxie Hart (Josefina Gabrielle)
- Velma Kelly (Amra Faye-Wright)
- The Cell Block Girls, Kitty, Harry, Aaron and others from Chicago
- Danny Zuko (Jarrod Carland)
- Sandy Dumbrowski (Hayley Evetts)
- The T-Birds-Kenickie, Roger, Sonny and Doody, the Pink Ladies-Rizzo, Jan, Frenchy and Marty and others from Grease.
- The cast from the musical Me and My Girl
- various characters from Beatrix Potter's works
- Mr. Blobby
- Mr. Blobby's twin
- Burglar Bill - Bradley Walsh
- Captain Hook - Anthony Head
- the Childcatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - (Richard O'Brien)
- the Grand High Witch from The Witches - (Patsy Kensit)
- Cruella de Vil (Amanda Redman)
- Cruella's chauffer (Nicholas Lyndhurst)
- the Queen of the Pirates (Jerry Hall)
- Fiona Bruce (Herself, Crimewatch Presenter)
- Jazz Singer in the London Undergroud (Matt Stevens)
[edit] Harry Potter inset
The Harry Potter sequence was a 2:55 long video clip filmed on the set of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The clip features actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Matthew David Lewis reprising their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom, respectively, and their attempt to help find the lost Queen's handbag.
[edit] Videoclip and stills
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