Talk:Peter Pratt

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Pratt illness and departure[edit]

The current edit says:

He suffered an illness in the spring of 1959, and his last appearance with the company was on May 31 1959.

A recent editor removed the reference to Pratt's illness, and changed the date of his final appearance to May 30. The change to May 30 seems to be correct, as May 31st was a Sunday, and the D'Oyly Carte didn't perform on Sundays.

But Rollins & Witts show Pratt as absent during March and April, which is consistent with the statement that he suffered an illness. The recent editor did not sign his or her name, but perhaps the person can return to this talk page and explain the reason for the edit. Marc Shepherd 01:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Dance to the Music of Time[edit]

It should certainly be noted that one of Pratt's most memorable performances was as the hapless Kenneth Widmerpool in the BBC's radio adaptation of "A Dance to the Music of Time" by Anthony Powell. This adaptation was broadcast over a period of a few years and I don't have the precise dates. But anyone who has heard it will agree that Pratt perfectly captured Powell's conception of Widmerpool. -- 74.96.75.23 (talk) 21:11, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It says here that he played Le Bas, not Wodmerpool, in two of the broadcasts. Apparently this was rather a minor role. Could you be confusing two different actors? -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:49, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No Infobox, please[edit]

This article should not have an infobox, because all of the important points that could be mentioned in an infobox, like Pratt's dates and occupation, are mentioned very clearly and more accurately in the article's WP:LEAD. The box is repetitive and does not emphasize the most important information, as the narrative LEAD section does so well. Also, the box limits the size of the first photo, which is a good photo, and takes up valuable space near the top of the article. I also think that starting the article with the infobox template discourages new editors from editing the article. It would distract editors from focusing on the content of the article; instead of improving the article, they spend lots of time working on this cosmetic feature and its extensive coding and formatting, not to mention the frequent errors that creep into infoboxes. Also, none of the Gilbert and Sullivan-related articles have infoboxes, so omitting an infobox gives articles related to Gilbert and Sullivan a consistent design. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:37, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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