The Sunday Telegraph London, December 23rd, 2007
Jack and the Mr Beanstalk: A Pantomime of all the Talents CastMother Brown, a poor but transparent widow Dull Jack, her darling son Dim Jacqui, his girlfriend Ed Buttons, a sidekick Northern Rock, a cow (front end played by Harriet Harman, rear end by Des Browne) Mr Straw, a grey-beard vet Richard Branson, a shy pedlar Hilary Benn, a Secretary of State for the Environment A Giant The Defra Chorus and thousands of Little Milibands Act One Scene One (Mother Brown enters with a broom. She rushes about, brandishing it at some invisible enemy and shouting: "Be off with you" and "Get a...
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