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'''Anthony Marriott''' [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (17 January 1931, [[London]] – 17 April 2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10783050/Tony-Marriott-obituary.html|title=Tony Marriott - obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2021|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor.<br />
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| name = Anthony Marriott<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|17|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|4|17|1931|1|17|df=y}}<br />
}}<br />
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As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with [[Alistair Foot]], of the farce ''[[No Sex Please, We're British]]'' which opened at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]], London, on 3 June 1971.<ref>{{cite news|last=Langer|first=Emily|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anthony-marriott-writer-of-no-sex-please-were-british-dies-at-83/2014/04/28/0ecad072-cee9-11e3-a6b1-45c4dffb85a6_story.html|title=Anthony Marriott, writer of 'No Sex Please, We’re British,' dies at 83|work=The Washington Post|date=29 April 2014|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> It has been performed in 52 countries and which on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre.<ref name="filmreference">[http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Anthony-Marriott.html Anthony Marriott at the Film Reference website]</ref> A [[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|film version]] starring [[Ronnie Corbett]] was released in 1973.<br />
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In 1967 Marriott was hired by [[Amicus Productions]] to rewrite the screenplay penned by [[Robert Bloch]] for [[The Deadly Bees]], a film based on the novel ''A Taste for Honey'' by [[Gerald Heard]]. <br />
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Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' with [[Roger Marshall (screenwriter)|Roger Marshall]].<br />
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He lived for many years in [[Osterley]], [[West (London sub region)|West London]] and was a [[Justice of the Peace#United Kingdom|JP]].<ref name = "filmreference"/><br />
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==Other plays==<br />
* With Alistair Foot, ''Uproar in the House'', [[Garrick Theatre]] and [[Whitehall Theatre]], 1967–69<br />
* With [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]], ''Shut Your Eyes and Think of England'', [[Apollo Theatre]], 1977<br />
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==External links==<br />
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