![]() ![]() Thus we follow Milligan from the day war broke out - news relayed to the nation by "a man called Chamberlain who did Prime Minister impressions" - to his conscription into the RoyalĪrtillery, through to active service in North Africa and Italy. Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall, is the first of Spike Milligans seven memoirs that recount his recollections of life in the army during World War 2. Co-adapters Tim Carroll and Ben Power sensibly go with this flow, arranging the material along the lines of a lovably chaotic ENSA-style revue, with songs interspersing the narrative episodes and actors linking the sections in the manner of 1940s radio announcers. Milligan’s writing is fizzing, anarchic and loose about its grammar, basing its freewheeling style on the jazz that he loved so much. ![]() The result is the liveliest show that Hampstead, not generally much of a laughter zone, has presented in ages. This delightful adaptation of Spike Milligan’s books of war memoirs also covers the likes of Monty: His Part in My Victory and Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, as the future Goon advances through the battles cocking snooks at everyone’s military machines. Milligan wrote and edited many books, including Puckoon and his seven-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. T’s not just Hitler we’re dealing with here. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]()
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