Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Overview

Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Directed by Aubrey Powell

Top cast

Eric Idle

Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben

Michael Palin

Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

Terry Jones

Workingman / Mexican / Mountie

Terry Gilliam

Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie

Carol Cleveland

Sheep Lady / Mexican / Bevis' Girlfriend

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William Ferguson

Brian Cohen - Tenor

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Shannon Mercer

Judith - Soprano

Rosalind Plowright

Mandy Cohen - Mezzo

Christopher Purves

Reg / Bigus Dickus - Bass

Neil Innes

Mexican / Mountie

John Du Prez

Conductor

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André Jacquemin

Mountie

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Mountie

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