Hope and Keen
Mike Hope and Albie Keen were a British comedy double act. Cousins, the sons of British variety comedians Syd and Max Harrison, they first formed their act in 1956.[1]
In 1971 they were engaged for the West End show Meet Me In London at the Adelphi Theatre. This was a ten-week ‘fill-in’- put on by impresario Harold Fielding after Charlie Girl closed at short notice and he was getting together a production of Show Boat.
Hope and Keen had a spot in the first half. When the other star of this part of the show Clodagh Rogers walked out fifteen minutes before curtain-up on the first night after one of her numbers was cut they valiantly filled in in her place for several nights before another singer came in.
Both are members of the Grand Order of Water Rats.[2] In 1979 they served as joint captains of the Variety Club of Great Britain's Golfing Society.[3]
Television
- Comedy Bandbox (1963–64)
- Hope and Keen's Crazy House (1971)[4]
- The Hope and Keen Scene (1974)
References
- ↑ "Hope & Keen". its-behind-you.com. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ Key to the Grand Order of Water Rats. Accessed 25 November 2014
- ↑ Variety Club of Great Britain Golfing Society headed stationery. Accessed 26 November 2014
- ↑ BFI: Hope and Keen's Crazy House. Accessed 26 November 2014
External links
- Mike Hope at the Internet Movie Database
- Albie Keen at the Internet Movie Database