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has appeared in as part of a new small temporary exhibition. Two dresses from the fi lm Anne of the Thousand Days, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and a sword dredged from the moat after fi lming for The Passionate Pilgrim starring Eric Morecambe and Tom Baker, will be among the items on display until November in the castle’s Moat Room, not usually open to the public. The story of the mysterious La Peregrina Pearl will be available for visitors to explore as part of the new exhibition. Bought by actor Richard Burton for Elizabeth Taylor during their fi rst marriage, the $11 millon dollar pearl was seen on screen for the fi rst time at
V
isitors to Hever Castle will have the chance to see posters and costumes from fi lms the attraction
Behind the cameras at Hever Castle, theatre diary dates, gig guide and more – plus the chance to win tickets to see Clare Teal and Rag’n’Bone Man live (but not together!)
Hever Castle when Elizabeth Taylor played a cameo role in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), having been rejected for the coveted part of Anne Boleyn. During its visit to Hever, the pearl was briefl y reunited with two Hever portraits, which depict it being worn on the Queens who once owned it – Mary I and Elizabeth de Valois. During the fi lming of a sword fi ght on
Hever Castle’s drawbridge for the 1984 short fi lm The Passionate Pilgrim, Tom Baker lost grip of his sword and it tumbled into the moat. Twenty-seven years later, when the castle’s moat was drained, the sword was discovered poking out of the silt, and will be displayed for the fi rst time at Hever during the Hever Castle on Stage and Screen exhibition. Photographs from an opera about Thomas Boleyn performed for the previous
Comedy for all ages Celebrate the start of summer in June with
laugh out loud comedy for all ages at the EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge.
On Friday 7th, join comedian, writer,
broadcaster and all-round British institution Arthur Smith and bask in an evening of laughter and off-the-wall humour with one of the ‘alternative comedians’ who shook up the world of light entertainment in the 1980’s and 90’s. Expect an evening of sublime playfulness, crammed with jokes, anecdotes,
short stories, poems, songs and readings from his recently published critically-acclaimed memoir My Name is Daphne Fairfax. Next up is Jay Foreman on Sunday 9th – unmissable comedy for all ages! The multi award- winning musical comedian is back with charmingly sickable songs, stories, poems and lots more for the whole family from small children to massive children (grown ups)!
• Arthur Smith, 7th June, 7.30pm, tickets £15, £13 (conc), age 14+, and Jay Foreman, 9th June, 2pm, tickets £10, all ages, from
emftheatre.com or via the box offi ce on 01732 304241.
owners, the Astors in 1972, and also images from some of the TV programmes Hever Castle has appeared in will also be available to see at the exhibition. Entry to the exhibition is included as part of Castle and Garden admission. • For more information, call 01732 865224 or visit
hevercastle.co.uk
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