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Article: And Now for Something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.(play co-authored by Monty Python's Graham Chapman to premiere in Atlanta, Ga.)(Brief Article)
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- American Theatre
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- September 1, 2000
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When Monty Python's Graham Chapman died of cancer in 1989, many fans mourned the end of an era. While it's true that an oxidized version of Chapman has made the occasional appearance at various Python events--most notably at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 1998 when his compadres accidentally kicked over an urn of his ashes and tried to vacuum them up with a Dustbuster--it looked like his contribution to the world of comedy was a thing of the past.
Until now.
This month, Dad's Garage of Atlanta, Ga., will premiere Oh Happy Day, a lost play co-authored by Chapman and Barry Cryer. Originally written in the mid-'70s for London's West End, the play was ...