{{Short description|Comedy album by Eddie Izzard}} {{About|the comedy album by Eddie Izzard|the grammatical term|Article (grammar)#Definite article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Multiple issues| {{No footnotes|date=December 2012}} {{Tone|date=December 2012}} }}
{{Infobox album | name = Definite Article | type = video | artist = Eddie Izzard | cover = Definite Article cover.jpg | alt = | released = 21 October 1996 | recorded = Shaftesbury Theatre, London, United Kingdom | venue = | studio = | genre = Stand-up comedy | length = 109 minutes | label = Vision Video | director = Ed Bye | producer = | prev_title = Unrepeatable | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Glorious | next_year = 1997 }}
'''''Definite Article''''' is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance, which was released on VHS and later on DVD. It was recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Both recordings cover topics such as ''The Italian Job'', Pavlov's dogs, and European languages.
==Trivia== At the beginning of the show, Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal her sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on, the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book. The chosen selections are:
* ''A Marriage Proposal'' (a.k.a. ''The Proposal'') – Anton Chekhov * ''Jabberwocky'' – Lewis Carroll * ''Macbeth'' – Shakespeare * ''Mayor of Casterbridge'' – Thomas Hardy * ''Edward II'' – Christopher Marlowe * ''Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' – Spike Milligan
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060114162818/http://www.eddieizzard.com/standup/definitearticle.izz Definite Article] - article at The Official Eddie Izzard Site * {{IMDb title|id=0116066|title=Eddie Izzard: Definite Article}} * [http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/ The Cake or Death Site]
Category:Eddie Izzard albums Category:Stand-up comedy albums Category:Spoken word albums by English artists Category:Stand-up comedy specials and films Category:1996 video albums Category:1996 live albums Category:Live video albums Category:1990s comedy albums
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