'The Priory Is No 'Holiday Home' ; As Their Live Show Arrives in London, the Uk's Favourite Comedy Duo Talk About Their Private Lives, Public Adulation and What the Future Holds After Little Britain

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JAMES Joyce and Brendan Behan put Bewley's legendary cafe in Dublin's Grafton Street on the tourist trail. But it is unlikely that the bustling tea rooms played host to two men who turn as many heads as Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

We are seated downstairs, against a dark panelled wall at the back of the cafe, when an apologetic woman approaches to compliment the pair on their storming live show at The Point Theatre the night before - gig number 143 of a nine-month tour, which reaches London next week.

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'The Priory Is No 'Holiday Home' ; As Their Live Show Arrives in London, the Uk's Favourite Comedy Duo Talk About Their Private Lives, Public Adulation and What the Future Holds After Little Britain

Soon, others work up the courage to come over to us, until there is a steady stream and it looks as if all 6,000 fans at the sell- out gig are about to pay homage. With good grace, Britain's best- known comic duo smile for cameraphones and sign autographs. If you thought the Little Britain phenomenon was past its peak, everyone around us begs to differ.

"We've achieved more than we ever dreamed of," begins Walliams, at 35 the eldest by three years and generally the more talkative of the two, as customers...

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