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==Theatre adaptation== In 2010, the television show was adapted into a play entitled ''Keeping Up Appearances'' that toured theatres in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berry |first=Kevin |title=Keeping Up Appearances |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/28457/keeping-up-appearances |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105104/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/28457/keeping-up-appearances |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2014 |work=thestage.co.uk |access-date=4 July 2013 |date=3 June 2010 }}</ref> The cast included [[Rachel Bell]] as Hyacinth, [[Kim Hartman]] as Elizabeth, [[Gareth Hale]] as Onslow, [[Steven Pinder]] as Emmet, [[Debbie Arnold]] as Rose, [[David Janson]] (who had previously appeared in the TV show as the postman) as Mr Edward Milson, a new character created for the stage show,<ref>{{cite web|last=Burbridge |first=Steve |title=Theatre review: Keeping Up Appearances at Darlington Civic Theatre and touring |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/keepingappear-rev |work=British Theatre Guide |access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref> Christine Moore as Daisy and Sarah Whitlock as Mrs Debden.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barr |first=Gordon |title=Preview: Keeping Up Appearances, Playhouse Whitley Bay |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/preview-keeping-up-appearances-playhouse-1416155 |work=[[Evening Chronicle|The Chronicle]] |access-date=4 July 2013 |date=12 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118164306/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/preview-keeping-up-appearances-playhouse-1416155 |archive-date=18 January 2015 }}</ref> Main character Richard Bucket, Hyacinth's husband, does not appear in the production, but is frequently referred to: Hyacinth addresses him off stage and talks to him on the phone. The main plot of the show revolves around Emmet directing a play at the local village hall, but when Hyacinth is cast in the play's leading role, disaster is in the making. This adaptation, directed by playwright Johnny Culver, made its American premiere in [[New York City]] in March 2015, at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Theater Fellowship/Jones Auditorium.<ref>{{cite web| title=Keeping Up Appearances| url=http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/keeping-up-appearances/archive/| website=theaterscene.net| date=12 March 2015| access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> Culver directed an additional production of this adaptation with performances on 5 August 2017 and 6 August 2017 at [[St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Queens)|Saint Luke's Episcopal Church]] in [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]], [[Queens]].
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