Roger Moore is recovering in hospital after collapsing on stage in New York

The BBC have reported that Roger Moore is recovering in hospital after collapsing on stage in New York.

The 75-year-old actor was singing and dancing during a performance of The Play What I Wrote on Broadway when he collapsed.

He is being treated in a Manhattan hospital for respiratory problems, and said to be in a stable condition.

The actor`s assistant Gareth Owen said the actor was not seriously ill. "He had breathing difficulties but he carried on with the show," he said.

"Then he was taken to hospital. They kept him in overnight. They took him in to be sure he was going to be fine."

Audiences first thought the collapse was part of the actor`s routine, but soon realised it was a genuine health scare.



The 75-year-old actor was singing and dancing during a performance of The Play What I Wrote on Broadway when he collapsed.

"He is 75 so you`ve got to bear that in consideration" said Gareth Owen, Moore`s assistant. "He was taken to hospital. They kept him in overnight. They took him in to be sure he was going to be fine."

The show`s stars, Right Size comics Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, told the Lyceum Theatre audience the show would be taking a short break after Moore is said to have told McColl: "I think I`ve fainted, old boy."

Mr Owen said Moore had got short of breath and fallen down, and that other actors had mopped his brow and helped him continue his performance.

Moore received "a huge cheer" when he returned to the stage, dressed in lederhosen, for the last part of his role.

The actor managed to complete the last ten minutes, and still dressed in his lederhosen costume, was then taken by paramedics to the St Luke`s and Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.

"He is very comfortable and doing well. I`ve spoken to his agent and he`s fine. It`s just one of those things," Owen said.

He added that Moore had been doing "an awful lot" in the last few weeks, including hosting the Night of a Thousand Stars show at London`s Royal Albert Hall on the weekend.

Moore was playing a cameo role in the show, written by Foley and McColl and directed by Kenneth Branagh. He is the latest of several stars to do the guest spot in New York, after Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Alan Alda and Jeff Goldblum.

MI6 wishes him a fast and speedy recovery.
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