"I've Been to a Marvellous Party" by Noël Coward, performed by Dame Patricia Routledge.
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- "I Went to a Marvellous Party" (sometimes known as "I've Been to a Marvellous Party") is a song with words and music by Noël Coward, written in 1938 and included in the revue, "Set to Music". Although a melody exists, the text is most often recited over a piano accompaniment. In my estimation, Dame Patricia Routledge's rendition is definitive. Please note that in British English, the word is commonly spelled "marvellous".
Her voice still sounds great and she's hardly aged at all since _Keeping Up Appearences._ She truly is a national treasure.
😍😍 92 and she's still glowing, doing what she loves the most 😍😍
The great Noel Coward would be BURSTING with pride if he could hear this woman do what she's done with his text. The conversational quality she lends to this is exceptional, and very much her signature. Dame Patricia's love and deep respect of the spoken word is deeply evident in this. I've watched this 10 or 11 times now, and it just doesn't get old.
Same. For me this is the definitive version of this song.
This woman is so talented. When I think of all the different things she has done and how well she has done them, it is amazing.
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Hippolyta to Hyacinth, and everything in between.
The Grand Dame, absolutely brilliant.
There isn't a more richly interpreted rendition of this song. The words came alive in her head like she herself had been at this grand party the night before. I grew up with Dame Routledge (the Funny Lady as my family colloquially called her), watching Keeping up Appearances beginning at the age of 4 at my grandparents' house on the weekends. Now I'm 25, and I've shared this show with everyone who's come into my life and when I go home for the holidays, though we're all much older, my family and I watch it, even though we could have seen the same episode a hundred times, and still laugh. She is a gifted actress and a gift of a human being. One day I'll write her, though to this point, what I'd say eludes me. Because I simply haven't found a way to express to her how much she has meant to me throughout my life, the uniting fixture in a family with very different interests. I'll watch Hyacinth and Hetty before bed usually, especially when I'm feeling anxious or unsettled after a day or before the day ahead, and I'll sink into a younger part of myself, full of memories. I studied literature, like Dame Routledge, and I'm an actor now in New York, where I know she had many a night on the stage, and now she is my teacher. She inspires me both personally and professionally. I could ramble on with a hundred more ways I've been influenced by her, but maybe I'm hoping a little too much she will actually see this. May she continue to live on and perform lovely little surprises like this. A sublime experience. Thank you for your beautiful work on the piano and for sharing this.
I could not agree more! She lends such a conversational quality to this that her rendition is all her own product, completely distinct from that of Coward’s original performance. I’m always amazed at how she is able to totally transform herself into whatever character she’s portraying, whether your talking Ms. Fozzard (Talking Heads), Mrs. Bowler (Anybody’s Nightmare), Hetty Wainthrop (...Investigates), Hildegard, Hyacinth Bucket, whatever... You could swear she isn’t Dame Patricia, and that she really did come from a “marvelous party.” No costume or makeup necessary, just knowing who she’s portraying, and being that person. I’ve learned a lot how to do a monologue from this woman. She’s among the very best actors in the world, in my opinion.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm American so I was late in the game to watching "Keeping Up Appearances".
I watched this entire video without realizing this was Hyacinth Bucket. Noel Coward would have been so so proud of this performance.
Send her a copy of your comment; it's perfect.
What a thoughtful comment DAME Patricia Routedge is loved by so many👒👑⭐🍸❤💓🎶💐 BEST wishes to everyone who commented on this video x👍⭐💙
You absolutely have to see her as Kitty in Victoria Wood's sketches. Utterly superb.
My God, she did justice to this wonderful song! Noel would be proud!
Dame Patricia! What a legend! What an icon!
She’s just wonderful. I watch keeping up appearances every week.
She is an amazing talent. A shame we don't see her on TV, she is amazing for remembering all the dialect and her expressions are fantastic
This woman is a force of nature x
Wow, she still has is aged 91
My English istn't very good, but when I listen to the Great Lady Patricia, I can understand everything! She is absolutely crazy and absolutely gorgeous 💚
She was utterly magnificent when she came to our local theatre a couple of years ago to do her show in which she reminisced about her career; her interlocutor Edward Seckerson made it clear at the beginning that her performance as Hyacinth wouldn't be the main part of the conversation. During the interval I overheard a lady (who had clearly expected two hours of Bouquet stories) on her phone saying to someone, "Well, it's alright for a sit-down I suppose". A line worthy of Kitty and Victoria Wood! 😆
She makes the world a better place for a while. Xx
Imagine Emmet's reaction!😂😂😂
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I saw Patty Routledge in an afternoon interview at The Theatre Royal in the Haymarket. I was in 2 minds whether to go.
I’m so pleased I did. She’s hugely entertaining, so many extraordinary theatrical experiences. Marvellous.
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She is just magical.
I adore Patricia Routledge - such a treasure!
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,
My first introduction to the great Patricia Routledge, many years ago now, was via a 2LP recording of the London stage revue "Cowardy Custard." The numbers she performed ranged from Coward's sentimental ballads to this comic classic. I was riveted! Later on of course came Keeping up Appearances and Alan Bennett's Talking Heads and so much more, including the great good fortune to see her "live" in The Pirates of Penzance in Central Park (where she was the standout performer). What's interesting is that her interpretation here adheres very much to that one I heard long ago, both in broad outline and much of the detail, now polished and refined to perfection, mellowed a bit - but only slightly! - by the perspective of age. That's true comic genius... and incredible discipline and craft. Thank you, Dame Patricia, for all you have given us! :)
Tour de force, masterclass, perfection. I love her! Bravo!
Just sublime. She must be 90 here. Such great work.
I love Patricia Routledge, what an enormous talent.
Absolutely amazing performance! Thank you Dame Patricia Routledge. ❤
Absolutnie fantastyczna kobieta!
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Happy 95th birthday to the wonderful Dame Patricia Routledge. She is so talented! This song performance is absolutely wonderful. She's clearly enjoying singing it and that makes it even more fun for us.
In her 90's she still sounds and looks like the Hyacinth I always remember
Absolutely my fav!!! No one can even come close to her talent! Hyacinth she will always be to me.🇬🇧
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Absolutely outstanding performance. Thank you for being an inspiration to us. God bless you.
Patricia's always had it, she's still got it!
What an Outstanding Performance!!! Perfection!!!!
I love Dame Routledge so inspiring, so talented. Her music is absolutely fabulous. I wish they would make a DVD with her Climb Every Mountain and other music on. Its a shame because noone plays records anymore. Would have loved to thank uou in person for making me laugh,uncontrollably.
Simply marvellous
Love this woman. She is wonderful. Shx
DAME Patricia Routedge is on top form as EVER
Xx 👒👑⭐🍸❤
I’m back here to watch this again, this is very funny but also so inspiring! She’s simply incredible. To think that she’s over 90 - apparently 91 here is _crazy_. She looks easily 10-15 years younger!! Maybe even 20. Many look older in their 70s than she looks here at the freaking age of 91. But the real point - her talent and skills which she still got. Respect.
Thank you for everything, Dame. ❤
Delightful! I hope I'm as spry at 90!
Keeping up appearances was part of my childhood, I loved it so much. I didn't know that she was still alive! I know "Richard" isn't.
She looks amazing for her age!! X
I love "the Bucket woman" This is magnificent.
This was fantastic. Love this marvelous lady!
Gotta love this lady!
What a treasure! Thank you for sharing this! ♥
Why we don’t see Dame Pat on TV I don’t know. Fans should look at the you tubes of her as Victoria Woods ‘Kitty’ who was a sort of pre curser to Hyacinth!
Happy Birthday to You Miss Routledge
Correction: It is not Patricia Routledge but Dame Patricia Routledge!
She is incredibly amazing. Bless her !
She is fantastic!
I couldn’t of like this more either. Love you xxxxx
What an incredible woman!!!
More of these please xx
She’s a national treasure.
I want to meet her so bad:/ If only this pandemic would end soon I could make my way to the UK.
This is utterly superb
Absolutely marvellous.
I so love her.
I've only discovered Keeping Up Appearances recently and this dame is surely admirable.
Absolutely marvelous.
It's the hiccup right at the very end that just tops it off 🤣
Fabulous talent!!
She’s brilliant in acting and singing both
Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous!!!!!!!
Oh how brilliant and lovely!! When was this filmed?
A wonderful lady! She's going to outlive the queen herself ;)
Sweet Lady may your party never end...and reach on into heaven one day!
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Dame Patricia is one amazing LADY
Bless her
The woman is a legend
She's adorable. I loved her as Hyacinth Bouquet. How I left during that series. Bellmore, NY USA
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,
Amazing talent!
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Dame Patricia is AN AMAZING LADY
Love HER singing this jolly fun Noel cowArd song
..it's Bouquet 💐😅
I'm thinking of sending a autograph request to DAME Patricia Routedge! It'll make my DAYyy if SHE replied BACK with a sighned photo
Another great performance in the bucket I mean..bouquet
This is too good.
Wonderful.
Wow! Perfect!
Hyacinth delivers a recitation at one of her smart dinner parties.
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,
What a great voice!
Happy I found current video of her
Watched keeping up appearances as teenager in Israel 🇮🇱💋
Pretty of health and years with us
Pięknie brawo!!! 😊
How old was she here?
Dame Patricia WAS 91 this was summer 2020 👒
She is great !
"Oh no, it's the Bucket woman!"
It's Bouquet, dear!
Looking great for 92!!
Sir Noël would be so proud
Wonderful ❤
Fabulous.
Fantastic. Do you know when this was?
Summer 2020
@@Musicalfantastic thank you. She looks and sounds so good for 91
@@adamlittle8691 Yes. Sadly Dame Patricia injured herself, because she fell in her home a few weeks ago. I hope she recovers very soon.
Love this, apparently this was based on an actual party of Elsa Maxwell's in 1937-38 , what fun it must have been.
long live the queen
She is brilliant :D
Amazing!
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Lady Buck- i mean Bouquet still has it AND SHE'S 92???? damn..
Indeed. I’m speechless. What the hell is this sorcery? So sharp and 92?? 👀
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Try the Bway cast album of *Darling of the Day*. She won a Tony even though the show had been closed for months.
She's wonderful on the album, especially in a number titled "Not On Your Nellie," which you can find here on RUclips.
She did this at 91?
*DAME Patricia Routledge
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92 wow !
On the 17th February DAME Patricia Routledge will be 92, butt she could easily pass as 72, couldn't she. Or 67.
Very easily. I’m so surprised! It’s like she hasn’t aged at all in the last 15 years...?!
Very youthful and radiant indeed
@@arlenecerf8833 O-R! I loved her pink dress and pearls in this video.
Legend ❤️
I knew she’d sing at me!!😂😂😂
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