Actor Tom Conti will be in Brighton this week playing the part of drunken, sexist gambler Jeffrey Bernard.
There will be packed houses at the Theatre Royal as Keith Waterhouse's witty play, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, makes a welcome return.
But any young journalist thinking of emulating Bernard's raffish lifestyle should remember one thing.
As a result of his excesses, since the play was last here, Jeffrey Bernard is not just unwell but dead.
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