Editing Maureen Lipman (section)

===Theatre===
Lipman worked extensively in the theatre following her début in a stage production of ''[[The Knack …and How to Get It|The Knack]]'' at the [[Watford Palace Theatre]]. In order to get the post, she pretended that a documentary producer wanted to follow her finding her first job – this was a lie but it seemed to work.<ref>Dunn, Kate. ''Exit Through the Fireplace'', [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]], 1998.{{ISBN |978-0719554759}}</ref><ref name = Walsh>{{cite news|title= Agony!: Maureen Lipman talks to John Walsh|author= Walsh, John|work = [[The Independent]]|date = 22 October 2011|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/agony-maureen-lipman-talks-to-john-walsh-1074073.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/agony-maureen-lipman-talks-to-john-walsh-1074073.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date = 29 January 2021}}</ref>

Lipman was a member of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s <!-- Did not gain the 'Royal' tag until 1988, so it is anachronistic to use the form here. -->[[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] at the [[Old Vic]] from 1971 to 1973 and of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] for its 1973 [[Stratford on Avon|Stratford]] season.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the Theatre|publisher=Pitman|location=London, UK|page=426|volume=1|edition=17|oclc=567386306}}</ref>

Lipman has continued to work in the theatre for more than fifty years, playing, among other roles, Aunt Eller in the National Theatre's ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref name = Walsh/><ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/>

From November 2005 to April 2006 she played [[Florence Foster Jenkins]] in the [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]]-nominated show ''Glorious!'' at the [[Duchess Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/03/theatre3 |title=Maureen Lipman on soprano Florence Foster Jenkins | work= [[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 January 2011 |location=London |date=3 November 2005}}</ref>

From October 2010 to February 2011, Lipman starred in a production of [[J. B. Priestley|J.B. Priestley]]'s ''[[When We Are Married]]'' at the [[Garrick Theatre]]. In 2012, she directed and appeared in a production of ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' on tour and starred in ''[[Old Money (play)|Old Money]]'' at [[Hampstead Theatre]]. In 2013, she starred in ''Daytona'' at the [[Park Theatre (London)|Park Theatre]] followed by a tour, and in 2014 a season at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]. In 2015, she starred with [[James Dreyfus]] in [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]]'s play ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' at [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], on tour and at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In 2016, she starred in ''[[My Mother Said I Never Should]]'' at the [[The Other Palace|St. James Theatre]]. In 2017, she starred with [[Felicity Kendal]] in a revival of ''[[Lettice and Lovage]]'' at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory]]. In 2018, she starred with [[Martin Shaw]] in ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse Theatre, London|Playhouse Theatre]], as well as returning to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] for the first time in fifty years with a one-woman show of jokes and storytelling called ''Up For It''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Maureen Lipman Is Up For It|url=https://theweereview.com/review/maureen-lipman-is-up-for-it/ |date=10 August 2018|access-date=28 January 2021|work=The Wee Review|last=Teakle|first=Kerry}}</ref>