Ian Hislop and Nick Newman: Burt Reynolds, the 'Private Eye' guy and the other one
If audiences at A Bunch of Amateurs find the play's plot a little far-fetched " cue an ageing Hollywood legend unable to learn his lines even when they're plastered across a fellow actor's back " they should hear what happened when a real-life celluloid crinklie played the leading role in the 2008 film version. To put it another way, if Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's first play since their Oxford undergrad days flops, …