ACTOR Gorden Kaye, star of the television series 'Allo 'Allo who
suffered head injuries when a piece of wood smashed through the
windscreen of his car during last Thursday's storms, was beginning to
regain consciousness in hospital a spokesman said yesterday.
Although he is still seriously ill, he was said to be breathing
unaided and appeared to be out of immediate danger.
Meanwhile, a number of fellow members of the cast left for Australia
for a three-month tour, following a decision to go ahead with the
production.
Australian actor Max Gillies is taking over Mr Kaye's role of cafe
owner Rene for the show, which opens at Sydney's State Theatre on
February 5.
Other members of the cast, who ended the show's run at the London
Palladium on Saturday, will be flying out over the next two days.
Mr Kaye was being kept artifically unconscious since he underwent five
hours of surgery at London's Charing Cross Hospital following the
accident and had been on a ventilator to give his brain a chance to
recover.
A spokesman for the Mark Furniss production company, which is
responsible for the show, said: ''He is beginning to regain
consciousness, which is a wonderful sign, and he is moving
spontaneously.
''That means if he has got an itch he is able to scratch it. His
nervous system is fine and he is aware of his surroundings.''
He said Mr Kaye's condition was ''serious, but stable'' and he was
breathing unaided. ''One can only presume he is now out of danger.''
He has had a number of visitors at the hospital, including several
members of the 'Allo 'Allo cast, among them his close friend and TV wife
Carmen Silvera.
Flowers, gifts, and get-well messages have been flooding in to the
hospital, which will be shown to Mr Kaye once he is fully conscious,
said the spokesman.
He added: ''We have also received some very touching telephone calls
from members of the public and the acting profession and these have been
noted and will be passed on to him.''
Alison Griffin, a spokeswoman for the stage show, said that they were
going ahead with the Austrialian tour after deciding it was what the
actor would want.
''He is very professional and would be furious if we cancelled the
tour on his account.''
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