Helen Mirren got angry when some noisy street performers interrupted her peformance
London:
Actress Helen Mirren stunnedonlookers when she stormed out of a London theatre to scoldnoisy street performers while in her costume as QueenElizabeth II.
The 67-year-old star got angry when the first half of herproduction The Audience was interrupted by a band of 25drummers playing outside the Gielgud Theatre, reported DailyStar.
Explaining the incident, she said, "I'm afraid there werea few 'thespian' words used. They got a very stern royalticking off but I have to say they were very sweet and theystopped immediately.
"I would love to track them down and invite them to seethe play. I felt rotten but on the other hand they weredestroying our performance so something had to be done. Thedrumming just slowly got louder and louder and then settledright outside the stage door.
"There was just a thin wall between drumming and thetheatre so it was unbelievably loud on stage. (Co-star) PaulRitter and I could hardly hear each other speak and theaudience couldn't hear us speak at all," she added.The actress apologised to the audience for thedisruption, and was given a standing ovation for herfoul-mouthed rant.
The 67-year-old star got angry when the first half of herproduction The Audience was interrupted by a band of 25drummers playing outside the Gielgud Theatre, reported DailyStar.
Explaining the incident, she said, "I'm afraid there werea few 'thespian' words used. They got a very stern royalticking off but I have to say they were very sweet and theystopped immediately.
"I would love to track them down and invite them to seethe play. I felt rotten but on the other hand they weredestroying our performance so something had to be done. Thedrumming just slowly got louder and louder and then settledright outside the stage door.
"There was just a thin wall between drumming and thetheatre so it was unbelievably loud on stage. (Co-star) PaulRitter and I could hardly hear each other speak and theaudience couldn't hear us speak at all," she added.The actress apologised to the audience for thedisruption, and was given a standing ovation for herfoul-mouthed rant.
