Ploughman's lunch a character comment that "A rural labourer who sits on the ditch-side with his bread and cheese and an onion has more enjoyment out of it than any Lucullus". The "Oxford English Dictionary" notes the first recorded use of the phrase "ploughman's lunch" as 1837, from the book "Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott" by John G. Lockhart, but this stray early use may have meant merely the sum of its parts, "a lunch for a ploughman". While farm labourers usually carried their food with them to eat in the fields, similar food was for a long time
Lunch with Marlene production, which ran at the New End Theatre from 28 March 2008 through 27 April 2008, received "rave reviews". "The Daily Telegraph" called the production a "delightful reconstruction of one of their meetings" and called the musical revue a "further treat". "The New York Times" said the production was "far from perfect, yet it is hugely likeable" and that the "fascinating" biographical details were at times "awkwardly inserted". The Stage also called the dialogue "fascinating" and the casting "impeccable", though the direction by Steward Nicholls "lacked intimacy". Lunch with Marlene Lunch with Marlene is a stage comedy written by Chris