TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - Convention Center Frasier and Roz walk into a Science-Fiction Expo. Roz: Frasier, I knew when you bought me lunch there was going to be a catch! How long is this gonna take? Frasier: Well, it shouldn't take too long, Roz. I can't believe I'm actually scouring a science-fiction convention for "X-Men" comics. I feel like I'm contributing to the decline of my son's intellect. Roz: Then why are you doing it? Frasier: Well, because I said no to the eyebrow ring. He sees a man dressed as a Klingon. Frasier: Oh excuse me, good sir, um, could you direct me please to Cubby's World of Comics? Klingon: Yeah, it's right over there. Frasier: Oh, thank you, thank you very much. You are a fierce but helpful people. He turns to head for the comics booth but stops when he sees a British man in his sixties signing autographs at a table. [N.B. This is Sir Derek Jacobi's first appearance in an American television production.] Frasier: Good lord, that's Jackson Hedley. Roz: Who? Frasier: Jackson Hedley, the famous Shakespearean actor. He came to my school when I was a teen. He did a one-man show of soliloquies, and began my love affair with the Bard! Excuse me Roz, I think I'll just go pay my respects to Mr. Hedley. Frasier makes his way over to Jackson's table, and stands in line behind a portly long-haired man (Dwayne). Frasier: Excuse me, um, what's Jackson Hedley doing here? Dwayne: Signing autographs, and being awesome! They've got the whole cast of "Space Patrol" coming this weekend! Frasier: You mean Jackson Hedley was on a television show? Dwayne: What, are you kidding? He's Tobor, the ship's
SUMMARY:
While attending a science fiction convention for the benefit of his son, Frasier spies Jackson Hedley (Sir Derek Jacobi ), an actor whom he remembers from childhood; it was Hedley who first introduced him to the delights of William Shakespeare . Hedley has long since given up the stage and now plays an android called Tobor in a TV show named Space Patrol. Frasier and Niles decide to revive Hedley's career by producing a one-man show for him. Hedley is delighted by the proposition. However, when they see him in action, they realise that he is a dreadful actor, but they had been too young and naive to perceive this when they were boys.