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Graham ChapmanGraham Arthur Chapman (January 8, 1941 - October 4, 1989) was a British comedian and writer. He was one of the six Monty Python members, and lead actor in their two narrative films (King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Brian in Life of Brian).Chapman attended Cambridge University to study medicine, where he began writing comedy with classmate John Cleese. The duo wrote professionally on the BBC during the 1960s, primarily for the ubiquitous David Frost[?] but also for Marty Feldman. They joined Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and American artist Terry Gilliam for Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969. Cleese and Chapman's classic Python sketches included "The Ministry of Silly Walks" and "The Dead Parrot". A particularly famous sketch character of his was The Colonel, a stuffy army officer who occasionly appeared out of nowhere to order the end of a sketch for being too silly. After Cleese left the show in 1973, Chapman wrote alone for the final season. He then developed a number of movie scripts, most notably Yellowbeard in which he starred with Cleese, Peter Cook, and Cheech and Chong. His memoir, A Liar's Autobiography, was published in 1980. Chapman joined the Dangerous Sports Club, which introduced bungee-jumping to a wide audience, and he went on lengthy college lecture tours in the 1980s. In the fall of 1989, he died on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Python's debut, of throat cancer which had spread (metastasized) to his spine. His eulogy, delievered by Cleese, was perhaps the first one in which the word "fuck" was used, and some people at the funeral almost died laughing. Cleese has said that Chapman would have liked that. Chapman was in many ways the loneliest Python member. He endured years of excessive drinking which nearly killed him in the 1970s, and he also kept his homosexuality a secret for much of his adult life. The remaining Python members have acknowledged that Chapman was exasperating to work with, and difficult to know. But none of the other Pythons could have played King Arthur or Brian as well as Chapman, and with his, death speculation of a Python revival inevitably faded. Den boehm'schen Majestaetsbrief zeigt sie.html">sie.html">sie an,
Ein koestlich unschaetzbares Pergament,
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Ist unser Glaub' um Kanzel und Altar,
Die Heimat an, den Majestaetsbrief aber
Das alles wisst Ihr! Wohl bewandert seid Ihr
Drum waren meine Ahnherrn Taboriten
Fried' sei mit ihrem Staube! Kaempften sie
Erst lasst mich noch das zweite Schildlein sehn.
Des Kaisers Raete Martinitz, Slawata
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(Bedienter geht mit dem Kelch.)
Kellermeister.
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(An der zweiten Tafel wird gerufen:)
(An der dritten und vierten Tafel:)
(Musik faellt ein.)
Erster Bedienter.
Habt ihr gehoert? Sie lassen
Oestreichs Feind!
Erster Bedienter.
Vorhin, da bracht' der Deodat des Kaisers
Beim Trunk geht vieles drein. Ein ordentlicher
Pass ja wohl auf, Johann, dass wir dem Pater
Er will dafuer uns auch viel Ablass geben.
Vierter Bedienter.
Deswegen auch zu tun, soviel ich kann,
Wer mag der schwarze Herr sein mit dem Kreuz,
Das ist auch einer, dem sie zu viel trauen,
's ist nichts mit den Hispaniern, sag ich Euch,
Ei! Ei!
Es sind die ersten Generale drunter,
eine Bewegung.)
Kellermeister. (zu den Bedienten)
Sie machen Aufbruch. Fort und rueckt die Sessel.
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