The Company of Crimson

Memorable Moments & Jocular Japes
Where Company Halos Slip & Chuckles are Recalled

"...are you sure, that's rather a lot of cake you know." - Severn Valley Railway- comments made by them when we were booking luncheon for the company aboard their steam train

"I can assure you...that it is not considered 'done' to dress as though one's husband has recently died, when he is alive and quite well." - Miss. Athena Agnew - in private communication

"oops"

Miss Katherine Vinca Massini -
A Lady of the Highest Caliber?

innocent bedwarming
Miss. Katherine Vinca Massini -
"I want the biggest gun you've got".

"My father's a Magistrate" - Miss. Athena Agnew.

"Ah, yes, now, make a fist with your hand, now, I want you to channel all your anger into that fist" - Viscount Rupert Buffington - shortly before being punched to the ground by a chambermaid.
Dizzy French Chamber Maid - "Would you like me to warm your bed, Monsieur?" - innocent and without sauce.
Mr. Gaston Le Roux - "Oooh, m'oui, yes please!" - A glint in the eye and genuine involuntary rubbing of hands and lick of lips.

"IT'S-NOT-RIGHT!!! THEY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T TELL US BECAUSE THEY JUST THINK WE'LL ACT LIKE SILLY HYSTERICAL WOMEN!!! IT'S NOT RIGHT I TELL YOU!!! THE-CHEEK-OF-IT!!! IT'S NOT RIGHT!!! EVEN ELAINE SAID I WAS ACTING SILLY!!! THE CHEEK OF IT!!!" - Miss. Athena Agnew - in an Anglican seminary full of sleeping boys at a pitch which caused deaths in the immediate canine populace.

"Ahh, yes, this is rather embarrassing, but it appears my wife Hilda is actually a fairy." - Professor Flinders Petri - renowned archeologist and occasional wearer of pink shirts

"Miss Massini and I found Professor Wilson to be a most charming gentleman. I'm quite sure Doctor Staunton will be perfectly safe" - Miss. Athena Agnew - demurely sipping tea
"Er, zis iz ze same Professor Wilson who shot iz last engineer in ze throat, hangz around with theze Illuminati men ooo iz trying to kill us all, 'ates Professor Petri, punched another engineer to ze ground while ze Vicar was watching, ooz wife is in ze lunatic asylum, 'az built a 'uge underground machine were you say he can travel in ze time an' space an' zen nearly kicked ze delivery boy to death in 'aworth high street?..." - hard stare from Athena - "...I am, 'ow you say, just putting zeez zings in perspective my dear..." - Mr. Gaston Le Roux.
"Well, I'm sure he would at least meet his fiancée from the station on time..." - Miss. Athena Agnew - demurely biting cake

Sunday 12th May, Tower Bridge, London

The Company of Crimson are filmed for Tokyo TV. A great night at the theatre in Druy Lane and dinner at Sarastro's found us meeting up with a Japanese film crew shooting a documentary on Victorian Fantasy in Art & Literature. An amusing end to the Countesses Birthday Celebrations.

Mrs. Athena Le Roux upon the demise of her long time friend - "Professor, you can't leave Hilda's body here, especially as she appears to be coming back to life...

Professor Wilson, to Professor Petrie upon seeing he was accompanied by his wife and Lord Brocket - "Aye, hmm, now then Petrie, I see ye' brought your fairy with ye'.

Lord Arthur 'friend to the poor' Brocket - "Things must have changed here at home while you were away in Africa all that time, Reverend?" - dressed as sailor.

Reverend Jonathan Michaels - "Yes, indeed, I can't believe Oscar Wilde's gay, I never saw that one coming, all the ladies adored him..." - dressed as a vicar

Professor Flinders Petrie - "I say Reverend, have you seen that splendid trick Mr. David De' Vant does with the beer mat and the wine glass?" Prior to the "Accidental" Release of The Demon of Discord in St. Wilfred's Temple, Sussexshire.

People Catch a Whiff of Arties Poetry

Housey, housey, your so loverly, kick our enemies right t' buggery.
- Chief Lacey, poet.

Reverend Michaels - "Don't call me unless there's a severed limb in that suitcase" - prior to a human hand being found in Hector's luggage.

Mrs. Emerald Michaels - "Lord Brockett, I think you're mad!"

Er, whatever you think Athena - Hector Agnew, under pressure

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"...are you sure, that's rather a lot of cake you know." - Severn Valley Railway- comments made by them when we were booking luncheon for the company aboard their steam train "I can assure you...that it is not considered 'done' to dress as though one's husband has recently died, when he is alive and quite well." - Miss. Athena Agnew - in private communication
"oops" Miss Katherine Vinca Massini - A Lady of the Highest Caliber? innocent bedwarming	Miss. Katherine Vinca Massini - "I want the biggest gun you've got". "My father's a Magistrate" - Miss. Athena Agnew. "Ah, yes, now, make a fist with your hand, now, I want you to channel all your anger into that fist" - Viscount Rupert Buffington - shortly before being punched to the ground by a chambermaid. Dizzy French Chamber Maid - "Would you like me to warm your bed, Monsieur?" - innocent and without sauce. Mr. Gaston Le Roux - "Oooh, m'oui, yes please!" - A glint in the eye and genuine involuntary rubbing of hands and lick of lips. "IT'S-NOT-RIGHT!!! THEY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T TELL US BECAUSE THEY JUST THINK WE'LL ACT LIKE SILLY HYSTERICAL WOMEN!!! IT'S NOT RIGHT I TELL YOU!!! THE-CHEEK-OF-IT!!! IT'S NOT RIGHT!!! EVEN ELAINE SAID I WAS ACTING SILLY!!! THE CHEEK OF IT!!!" - Miss. Athena Agnew - in an Anglican seminary full of sleeping boys at a pitch which caused deaths in the immediate canine populace. "Ahh, yes, this is rather embarrassing, but it appears my wife Hilda is actually a fairy." - Professor Flinders Petri - renowned archeologist and occasional wearer of pink shirts "Miss Massini and I found Professor Wilson to be a most charming gentleman. I'm quite sure Doctor Staunton will be perfectly safe" - Miss. Athena Agnew - demurely sipping tea "Er, zis iz ze same Professor Wilson who shot iz last engineer in ze throat, hangz around with theze Illuminati men ooo iz trying to kill us all, 'ates Professor Petri, punched another engineer to ze ground while ze Vicar was watching, ooz wife is in ze lunatic asylum, 'az built a 'uge underground machine were you say he can travel in ze time an' space an' zen nearly kicked ze delivery boy to death in 'aworth high street?..." - hard stare from Athena - "...I am, 'ow you say, just putting zeez zings in perspective my dear..." - Mr. Gaston Le Roux. "Well, I'm sure he would at least meet his fiancée from the station on time..." - Miss. Athena Agnew - demurely biting cake
Sunday 12th May, Tower Bridge, London The Company of Crimson are filmed for Tokyo TV. A great night at the theatre in Druy Lane and dinner at Sarastro's found us meeting up with a Japanese film crew shooting a documentary on Victorian Fantasy in Art & Literature. An amusing end to the Countesses Birthday Celebrations.
Mrs. Athena Le Roux upon the demise of her long time friend - "Professor, you can't leave Hilda's body here, especially as she appears to be coming back to life...
Professor Wilson, to Professor Petrie upon seeing he was accompanied by his wife and Lord Brocket - "Aye, hmm, now then Petrie, I see ye' brought your fairy with ye'.
Lord Arthur 'friend to the poor' Brocket - "Things must have changed here at home while you were away in Africa all that time, Reverend?" - dressed as sailor. Reverend Jonathan Michaels - "Yes, indeed, I can't believe Oscar Wilde's gay, I never saw that one coming, all the ladies adored him..." - dressed as a vicar Professor Flinders Petrie - "I say Reverend, have you seen that splendid trick Mr. David De' Vant does with the beer mat and the wine glass?" Prior to the "Accidental" Release of The Demon of Discord in St. Wilfred's Temple, Sussexshire.		People Catch a Whiff of Arties Poetry
Housey, housey, your so loverly, kick our enemies right t' buggery. - Chief Lacey, poet.	Reverend Michaels - "Don't call me unless there's a severed limb in that suitcase" - prior to a human hand being found in Hector's luggage. Mrs. Emerald Michaels - "Lord Brockett, I think you're mad!"
Er, whatever you think Athena - Hector Agnew, under pressure