One Actor - Another Show

A film version of "The Lace" has now been published publicly on YouTube. The film is compiled from off-stage rehearsal videos of the on-stage productions of this fifty-minute monologue. Paul Rapsey performed in the monologue in Nova Scotia and Ontario in 2019.  It is in the "Talking Head" genre of film. The stage play raised money for various non-profit and charitable causes in both provinces. See:  https://youtu.be/J-VjEdGP2FQ

When I first sat down a month ago to begin writing a new play script, the title "Dinner For One" came  immediately to mind.  It is indeed about a Dinner for One.  But much more recently, I became aware, through German friends in Hamburg, that there is an iconic British comic sketch by the same name. It was filmed in Germany for a German audience in 1963. The original sketch was written for the British music hall scene in the 1920s. It has become a German tradition to watch this film every year at New Years. Indeed, o ur young German friend claims to have seen it more than 40 times in his 45 year lifespan. Strangely, it seems that the film had never been seen on British television until 2018.  Now, the title is perfect for my new play. Am I permitted to use this title? If so will it confuse people? There may be other possible titles. Yet they elude me.  The title "Table Setting for One" does not have the same ring, nor is it quite accurate. "Dinner with Oneself...

Despite the continuing inability to screen the film here in Nova Scotia due to continuing theatre closures under provincially imposed Covid restrictions, the film has received some publicity here.  It was featured in a local magazine, "The Reader", (December 18, 2020 issue)  and it will be featured on CBC Radio One out of Halifax tomorrow morning (January 11, 2021).  The programme is "Information Morning" which begins at 6:00 a.m. The segment on Fiddelity is scheduled for about 6:10 a.m. Too early for many I know.   In the meantime, the film is being screened online at the New York Tri-State International Film Festival until January 14, 2021. It is unfortunate that there has been no local viewing of the film to date.