Roy,

No doubt about it. Ben needs to have a generic email account for his
fans' inquiries. I went to his agency's website, which borderlines
on farcical, and found one email address for someone that handles
voice actors. I sent her a very polite email requesting his 2006
theatrical schedule, but I fear I will not get a response.

I'm not sure if my Internet search skills need some performance
enhancing drugs or if it is truly this difficult to find out if Ben
is going to be in any new stage events this year.

Oh, by-the-way, the term "cottaging" makes me think of an American
term "shacking up". However, I think "cruising" would be a more
accurate translation.

RJ

--- In bensilverstone@yahoogroups.com, "boy6roy" <boy6roy@...> wrote:
>
> The cottage in the park in Basingstoke is in reality an Ice House
> there is a chimney on the back which was blotted out in the film.
> Cruising in public loos (cottaging) is quite a scene in British
gay
> life.,for those who are into that,not me I'm afraid. During my
Gay
> days in London I had friends who were into thatquite conclusively
and
> seriously even to the extent of taking a packed lunch and a flask
of
> coffee to spend the time of day there. I know one friend who was
in a
> gay motor bike group who use to ride around the country equiped
with
> a map showing all of the cottages in various towns and cities.
>
> Stevens experience in the film was based on a factual function,
with
> the paper wrapped around a pen coming through a hole in the wall.
> Also the clearing of the throat to establish his presence.
>
> RJ.. I'm glad I was able to help a little.. I know what to feel
about
> it however. When I went back last Fall, I wrote to Ben in advance,
> giving him a phone number where he could contact me. Plus the fact
> that after my first visit to Basingstoke I wrote him a card about
an
> experience I had there and took it to his Agence and deliverd it
by
> hand. HOW BOLD !!!!!. Talk about an impetuous Aries. I wrang the
bell
> and someone let me in telling me through the phone box to come up
to
> the second floor. On my way up I tripped and fell the girl came
down
> to meet me because she thought I lost and in doing so tripped
coming
> down .. I Said" blimey" is this place haunted!!!!.
>
> I didn't hear from Ben, maybe he thought I was stalking him,
although
> I did look for him around town especially in Primrose Hill.
>
> So don't feel too guilty about what you feel RJ.
>
> Cheers.... Roy in Montreal.
>