Shirley Valentine Kershaw directed by Glen Walford. Two years later it opened in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Pauline Collins directed by Simon Callow. After eight previews, the Broadway production, with Collins again directed by Callow, opened on 16 February 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 324 performances. Ellen Burstyn replaced Collins later in the run, and Loretta Swit starred in a US national tour in 1995. From 26 March - 8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Meera Syal played Shirley in the production's first London West
Valentine Vox the Rita Rudner Show, Live! with Regis and Kelly and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Valentine Vox became an American citizen in 2009. Valentine Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWodEwCePHU Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lF7PuG3UM&t=23s Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR1v4qoua8 History of Ventriloquism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01oAJO-I-4 Edgar Bergen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsH7NsfYEg*Theater and Television Valentine Vox Valentine Vox (born Jack Riley; February 20, 1939) is a British born American ventriloquist and author known for his scholarly book on the history of ventriloquism, "I Can See Your Lips Moving: the history and art of ventriloquism", which traces the practice back some three thousand years. As a ventriloquist Vox’s career spanned over 50 years appearing in