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Starmaker

09/04/1974

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0hr 37min

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STORY

In Granada TV’s 1974’s Starmaker, head Kink Ray Davies proved once again that he’s not like everybody else, producing a rock opera for television that tells the story of an insufferable, vain, egotistical rock star (played by Davies, naturally) who switches places with an “ordinary person” named Norman, working in Norman’s crappy job and living Norman’s crappy life to find inspiration for his next album. (Well, it’s a little more complicated than that…) Davies’ play reveled in breaking the fourth wall: cameras and microphones are visible throughout and the play’s author/star himself even ends up a member of the audience. Starmaker was a dry run for the themes of the Kinks’ 1975 album, The Kinks Present a Soap Opera.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ray Davies
  • June Ritchie
  • Dave Davies
  • Anne Chapman
  • Richard Gough

    Director

  • Peter Plummer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Ray Davies

    Star

    June Ritchie

    Wife

    Dave Davies

    Himself

    Anne Chapman

    Dancer

    Richard Gough

    Dancer

    Chris Hennen

    Dancer