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you heard what he said, get 😤 haselden 😤 on the line 😤

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thought this stock image was monty for an actual second

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quick wip of the pitch!

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NATASHA HODGSON as EWEN MONTAGU in Operation Mincemeat

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The Original Cast of Operation Mincemeat on Broadway

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if you aren't sure what one of these is, you can find the masterlist i got them from + definitions here! i'm going to do these polls elimination style - this is round one! if there's an au you really want to see and it isn't winning, feel free to send me a request! i'd be happy to write more than just the winners! :)

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if you aren't sure what one of these is, you can find the masterlist i got them from + definitions here! i'm going to do these polls elimination style - this is round one! if there's an au you really want to see and it isn't winning, feel free to send me a request! i'd be happy to write more than just the winners! :)

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Me: so then the sixth song on the cast recording is about how they make the paper trail and falsify the documents and stuff, it's like eight minutes long and its one of my favorites in the show.

Mary Shelly: and what did you say this song was called again?

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My favourite things in Operation Mincemeat (I've sadly only listened to the cast recording since it's not possible for me to travel to Britain right now and there is no bootleg yet anywhere to be found):

The gender-indifferent casting is done so well. I don't even mean this like gender doesn't matter in Mincemeat, it certainly does, but Ewen Montagu being played by a woman works so well and you completely forget about the actor's gender when listening to him. The same goes for Hester Leggett, she is the perfect archetype of a prim and proper older englishwoman, while being played by a young man. Gender truly is a performance, huh.

Montagu and Cholmondeley have this wonderful Bialystock and Bloom vibe going for them.

All of Born to Lead and God, That's Brilliant... The utter conviction the MI5 guys have in them being God's gifts to British espionage and the best most special boys in Britain... "‘Cause if you’re in trouble, don’t scream and shout – Just call the English public school boys; we’ll sort it all out!"

Sir Bernard Spilsbury in all his ghastly glory. "If you're after buckets of gore, here's Brian, he's basically a lung in a drawer" "NO!!" "...it's just Brian"

Dear Bill.. Just... One of the songs of all time. I don't have to talk about it because everyone loves it. An absolute gut punch of a song.

Something about the individualist thinking exercised by Montagu and the other MI5 boys contrasted with the team spirit of the submarine crew.

"Goose-step to the left, jump to the far right" 😐

Even though Useful is uplifting, it's also heartbreaking. Something about both Jean and Hester thinking about how they'd like to be honored for their service, Jean wanting medals and statues and the King recognizing her efforts, Hester wanting something small and sensible... Something about one wanting everything and the other wanting so little and them both settling for nothing. "No medals, no statues, no plaques, no flowers for Hester and Jean"

Montagu telling Cholmondeley about how you get "morons" to do what you ask by telling them how smart they are, only for Jean to do the exact same thing to him.

How the musical ends by actually giving Glyndwr his name and identity back... I know it doesn't really change anything, it doesn't make his story any less sad, but if no one mourned Glyndwr Michael when he died, I am glad people are at least crying now.

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if you aren't sure what one of these is, you can find the masterlist i got them from + definitions here! i'm going to do these polls elimination style - this is round one! if there's an au you really want to see and it isn't winning, feel free to send me a request! i'd be happy to write more than just the winners! :)

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In fifty years people will think Sail On, Boys is a real folksong just like they think Edelweiss is.

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various monty scribbles to celebrate me getting my friend into mincemeat!!!!!! the obsession has consumed both of us haha

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HOLLY SUMPTON as EWEN MONTAGU

' we were made to give the orders while lesser men take heed. for some were born to follow, but we were born to lead ! '

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endless mischief movie night in – "dress for danger"

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For the final show in Hamburg, the Phantom (Ian Jon Bourg) and Christine (Colby Thomas) sang a wonderful duet of ‘Music of the Night’ and ‘Think of Me’ combined. It’s quite lovely, and inspired a bunch of headcanons about this being their feelings after the events of Phantom had ended.