The Six Degrees of Sondheim

[Vera Charles]

E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia was adapted for BBC Radio 4 by..
Ned Sherrin

The one with Barbara Jefford, that's on Radio 4 Extra this week? That's what put Benson in my mind.
And, welcome to the 100 Club, @MartinG!

As you were:

Mother Theresa of Calcutta

[MartinG]

E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia was adapted for BBC Radio 4 by..
Ned Sherrin

The one with Barbara Jefford, that's on Radio 4 Extra this week? That's what put Benson in my mind.
And, welcome to the 100 Club, @MartinG!

As you were:

Mother Theresa of Calcutta

No, this was broadcast in 2007.
..and thanks! 

[Leighton]

Mother Teresa was played by Geraldine Chaplin in Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
Geraldine Chaplin appeared in Chaplin with Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline won a Tony for On The Twentieth Century
OTTC was directed by Hal Prince

Hulk Hogan

[AmyG]

And, welcome to the 100 Club, @MartinG!

@Leighton and I just joined the 100 club too! Back to...

Hulk Hogan

[MartinG]

And, welcome to the 100 Club, @MartinG!

@Leighton and I just joined the 100 club too!

Yaaaaaayyyy!!! 

[Bobster]

*sigh* Soon...

[AmyG]

Very soon!

[MartinG]

Hulk Hogan appeared in the video for Headlock on My Heart by...
Dolly Parton whose stage version of 9 to 5 was presented to industry luminaries in 2007 with a cast including...
Bebe Neuwirth whose cabaret show Stories With Piano included Another Hundred People.



Napoleon Bonaparte

[Chris L]

Napoleon Bonaparte

Actor René Auberjonois is a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte's sister.
Auberjonois was in the original production of the musical City of Angels.
The book for City of Angels was written by Larry Gelbart.
Gelbart also wrote the book for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Prince Rainier III

[Bookman George]

Prince Rainier III

Prince Rainier was married to Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly was in To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant
Cary Grant was in His Girl Friday with Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell played Rose in the original movie of Gypsy




Queen Victoria

[Vera Charles]

Queen Victoria was played by Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria.
Emily Blunt played The Baker's Wife in the Walt Disney film version of Into the Woods.


Clive of India

[MartinG]

Clive of India was portrayed in the 1935 film by...
Ronald Colman, who starred in the 1944 film of...
Kismet, the 1985 New York City Opera revival of which starred...
George Hearn!



Dmitri Mendeleev

[Bookman George]

Dmitri Mendeleev

This is really lame, but the game seems to be stalled....


Mendeleev was a chemist...
Chemist is the term used in England for...
What is called in the US a drug store...
Which is where Tony worked in West Side Story




Woodrow Wilson

[MartinG]

Dmitri Mendeleev

This is really lame, but...

Well how about - he invented the Periodic Table which was turned into a song by...
Tom Lehrer who apparently attended Summer Camp with SJS!...


Woodrow Wilson was played by Frank Forsyth in the film version of Oh! What a Lovely War alongside...
Corin, Michael and Vanessa Redgrave, all of whom are related to...
Lynn Redgrave who played Joanne in the 2002 Kennedy Centre production of Company as part of the Sondheim Celebration festival.


Stan Laurel

[KathyB]

Stan Laurel directed a movie called Yes, Yes, Nanette...
Which starred, among others, Pete the Pup,
Who was in the Our Gang comedies with Jackie Cooper.
Whose final film role was in Surrender with Michael Caine,
Who starred in Hannah and Her Sisters for/with Woody Allen,
And we're back to Stritch again (Elaine Stritch in September)


Rudolf Nureyev