Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live - August 2007 The Herald - By Neil Cooper - August 11th, 2007

Literary groupies take note. Fawning fan-boy interviews aren’t just the preserve of contemporary lit stars. As Stewart Lee’s loose-knit new play puts two of the eighteenth century’s most eminent men of letters into an initially chummy Jonathan Ross-style chat show format, it’s proved beyond doubt that authors in the flesh don’t always resemble their finest…

Johnson and Boswell – Late But Live ★★★★ - August 2007 Fest Magazine - By R.J. Thomson - August 11th, 2007

Stewart Lee branches out into high culture while staying rooted in comedy for this postmodern revue Stewart Lee’s writing is becoming increasingly confident. Having won plaudits and awards for his stripped down standup material and for the overblown Jerry Springer – The Opera, his new work Late But Live falls somewhere – very roughly –…

The 5-Minute Interview: Miles Jupp, Comedian - August 2007 The Independent - August 10th, 2007

‘People think I’m calm but I’ve got a flash temper’ Miles Jupp, 28, is a popular stand-up comedian and regularly appears on stage and screen. He is also well known as Archie, the inventor in the television series ‘Balamory’. He is performing his stand-up show ‘Johnson and Boswell: Late But Live’ at the Edinburgh Festival…

Johnson and ‘Bozza’ in the land of deep-fried pizza - August 2007 The Telegraph - August 10th, 2007

Samuel Johnson didn’t mince his words when identifying deficiencies in the Scotland he travelled through with his friend and biographer James Boswell in the autumn of 1773. In his Journey to the Western Islands he variously identified a “sullen scrupulousness and warlike ferocity”, bemoaned the lack of trees (“a tree might be a show in…

Johnson and Boswell ★★★ - August 2007 Edinburgh Guide - By Vivien Devlin - August 10th, 2007

“I had desired to visit the Hebrides of Scotland so long that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited. And was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey by finding in Mr Boswell a companion .. whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract…

Late But Live Reaching out to break the boundaries - August 2007 The Herald - By Neil Cooper - August 9th, 2007

Penning a late-night Fringe play about literature’s greatest double act isn’t the most obvious career move for a stand-up comedian. Then again, Stewart Lee’s 20-year career hasn’t exactly followed the usual path. He directed and co-wrote Jerry Springer: The Opera, moonlighted as a music journalist and recently made his debut as a fiction writer in…