Definite Article

This article is about the comedy album by Eddie Izzard. For the grammatical term, see Article (grammar) § Definite article.

Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance, which was released on VHS and later on DVD. It was recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job, Pavlov's dogs, and European languages.

Definite Article
Video by Eddie Izzard
Released	21 October 1996
Recorded	Shaftesbury Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Length	109 minutes
Label	Vision Video
Director	Ed Bye
Eddie Izzard chronology
Unrepeatable (1994) Definite Article (1996) Glorious (1997)

Trivia

At the beginning of the show, Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal her sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on, the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book. The chosen selections are:

• A Marriage Proposal (a.k.a. The Proposal) - Anton Chekhov
• Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll
• Macbeth - Shakespeare
• Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
• Edward II - Christopher Marlowe
• Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall - Spike Milligan

External links

• Definite Article - article at The Official Eddie Izzard Site
• Eddie Izzard: Definite Article at IMDb
• The Cake or Death Site