The man at the box office said, quite haughtily: "Madam.
Quite how madam entered the supply chain is unclear, although the logistics of this image have been obsessing Lost in Showbiz ever since it scorched its way on to my retinas earlier this week.
My favourite part when there's a battle with bullets whizzing everywhere, cannonballs smashing into tents, soldiers running in all directions and suddenly the scarecrow calmly stops, reaches into a bush, lifts out a nest containing a terrified robin and says, "This is quite intolerable… Madam, I offer my apologies on behalf of the regiment.
Quite unfazed, Russell answered, "Madam, upon what does the turtle stand".
But if nothing in the life of this suspected mum turned madam is quite what it seems, each layer of artifice reveals something only more gloriously in keeping with the genre.
"A shabby elderly man who had joined the bunch said, "Madam, you are quite right.
"Yes, madam, you are quite right.
"Madam Bucks Was quite de-luxe; Servants by the score, Footmen at each door, Butlers and maids galore!
Madam President, it has been quite an adventure producing this report.
Madam X concurs, saying that "the 'vinyl only' thing becomes quite challenging, due to Record Store Day delaying presses etc.
