Sir Michael Palin and Robert Lindsay raised £35,000 for charity with a live reading of Waiting For Godot, despite interruptions from a mobile phone and downpour of rain.
The pair were joined by Joanna Lumley, who served as narrator, to read sections of the Samuel Beckett play over Zoom to raise money for the Royal Theatrical Fund, which helps those in the performing arts who are struggling during the coronavirus crisis.
During the performance, with Lindsay as Estragon and Sir Michael as Vladimir, the pair embraced through their screens and passed a carrot to each other and pulled on the same length of rope.
Afterwards the cast took part in a Q&A and Lumley said: “Did you hear that sudden rainstorm that came down in the middle in my part?” S
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