Lesley Manville

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Acclaimed actress Lesley Manville is taking Broadway by storm in "Oedipus," a 2,500 year-old play that still has the power to surprise people. Tickets for "Oedipus" at Studio 54 are available now.

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0:00.0	It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert.
0:09.0	Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.
0:11.5	My next guest tonight is an actress you know best from Phantom Thread.
0:16.7	Mrs. Harris goes to Paris and the Crown.
0:19.5	She's now making her Broadway debut in Eidipus.
0:22.6	Please welcome to the late show, Leslie Manville.
0:29.8	Hi, it's so nice to meet you. It's nice to meet you. I just love Mrs. Harris goes to Paris.
0:34.6	Oh, it's a good film, isn't it? Oh, my wife and I, just fell in love with that.
0:38.4	Yeah.
0:38.6	It was the perfect film to come out just after COVID.
0:42.6	Yes, exactly.
0:43.3	Because it just made everyone feel better and uplifted and, yeah.
0:48.4	Yes, it was sweet and funny and fascinating.
0:51.4	You've long been a fixture of film and TV, London's West End. Now you're on Broadway
0:57.1	in Oedipus. There you go. Well, hang on, hang on. You may say Oedipus, but we say Oedipus.
1:08.4	And that's, and you know what? Tomato and tomato.
1:11.4	I forgive you.
1:12.2	Thank you.
1:14.5	And so, it's fine.
1:15.8	It's hard to believe this.
1:16.4	It's your Broadway debut.
1:17.6	Someone who's got so much theatrical chops.
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