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{{short description|British writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Terence Frisby
| image = Terence Frisby head shot.jpg
| caption = Frisby, circa 1969
|birth_name=Terence Peter Michael Frisby
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Cross]], [[London]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|23|1932|11|28|df=y}}
| death_place =
| years_active = 1964–2012
| education = [[Dartford Grammar School]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|actor|director|producer}}
| children = [[Dominic Frisby]]
}}
'''Terence Peter Michael Frisby''' (28 November 1932 – 22 April 2020) was a British playwright, actor,<ref name="DTel1998">{{cite news|last=Osborne|first=Helen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4714073/Model-marriage-but-a-messy-divorce.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226165323/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4714073/Model-marriage-but-a-messy-divorce.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2016|title=Model marriage but a messy divorce|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 May 1998|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> director and producer, best known as the author of the play ''[[There's a Girl in My Soup (play)|There's a Girl in My Soup]]''.

==Early life==
Frisby was born in 1932 in [[New Cross]], south-east [[London]], the second son of William Frisby, who worked on the railways, and Kathleen (née Campbell), who was employed in a department store. He was educated at [[Dartford Grammar School]] leaving aged 16 becoming a tailor's apprentice. He remained in the occupation for six years before gaining a place at the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech and Drama]] and training to become an actor. He worked in repertory theatre under the name Terence Holland from 1957 to 1966.<ref name="Coveney">{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/apr/23/terence-frisby-obituary|title=Terence Frisby obituary|work=The Guardian|date=23 April 2020|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Under his stage name, he was also a presenter on the BBC's children's series ''[[Play School (British TV series)|Play School]]'' during the 1960s.<ref>Here's A House: A Celebration of Play School, Volume 1, Paul R Jackson, 2010</ref>

==Plays and other work==
[[File:Terence and Christine Frisby 1966.jpg|thumb|upright|Frisby with wife Christine, circa 1966]]
''[[There's a Girl in My Soup (play)|There's a Girl in My Soup]]'' opened in 1966 at the [[Gielgud Theatre|Globe Theatre]] (now called the Gielgud Theatre) and ran for over 1,000 performances, before transferring to the [[Harold Pinter Theatre|Comedy Theatre]] for a further three years. It was a worldwide hit with runs on Broadway, Paris (with [[Gérard Depardieu]]), Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Rome (starring [[Domenico Modugno]]), Vienna, Prague and elsewhere. His script for the [[There's a Girl in My Soup|1970 film]], which starred [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Goldie Hawn]], won the [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]] Award in 1970 for the Best British Comedy Screenplay.

His other stage plays include ''The Subtopians'' ([[Arts Theatre]] 1964), ''The Bandwagon'' ([[Mermaid Theatre]] 1969), ''It's All Right If I Do It'' (Mermaid 1977), ''Seaside Postcard'' ([[Young Vic]] 1978), ''Rough Justice'' ([[Apollo Theatre]] 1994), and ''Funny About Love'' (two UK national tours 1999–2000). All his plays are published by [[Samuel French, Inc.#Samuel French Limited|Samuel French]]. The first performance of ''The Subtopians'' was in fact at the Guildford Theatre in the week of 26 March 1962. The second production, which transferred to the [[Arts Theatre]] in the West End in 1964, was directed by himself at Bromley Repertory Theatre, where he was working as a member of the rep company.

Frisby also wrote many plays for television, two of which were nominated for awards. His comedy series include ''[[Lucky Feller]]'' (1976) with [[David Jason]] (1976) and ''[[That's Love]]'' (1988–92)<ref name="DTelobit" /> with [[Jimmy Mulville]], [[Diana Hardcastle]], and [[Tony Slattery]], which won the Gold Award for Comedy at the 1991 Houston International Film Festival.

His radio play ''Just Remember Two Things: It's Not Fair And Don't Be Late'' for [[BBC Radio 4]] won The [[Giles Cooper Award]]. A musical stage version was produced at the Queen's Theatre, [[Barnstaple]] in 2004 under the title ''Just Remember Two Things...'' A second production of the same show, under the title ''[[Kisses on a Postcard]]'', was produced in 2011 at the same venue.

Frisby's book, ''[[Outrageous Fortune (book)|Outrageous Fortune]]'' (1998), is an autobiographical account addressed to his son, [[Dominic Frisby]], about his fifteen years as a litigant-in-person in the High Court following his divorce in 1971 from the model Christine Doppelt and his custody claim involving their son, who is now an author and comedian.<ref name="Coveney" /> Terence Frisby's second book is ''Kisses on a Postcard'', published by [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]].({{ISBN|9781408800584}}). It tells of his experiences as an evacuee as a 7-year-old from London to Cornwall during World War Two. It is based on the musical of the same name.

Frisby worked for over 50 years as an actor, director and producer. He played leads and directed in the [[West End Theatre|West End]], at the [[Young Vic]] and elsewhere in the UK. A presentation as a producer was the South African, multi-award-winning ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' at the [[Criterion Theatre]] in 1984.<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/04/23/terence-frisby-actor-playwright-made-name-girl-soup-obituary/|title=Terence Frisby, actor and playwright who made his name with ‘There’s a Girl in My Soup’ – obituary|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=23 April 2020|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> It was subsequently performed off-Broadway and worldwide.

Frisby was a founder member of the father's rights and support group [[Families Need Fathers]], but became distant from the group terming it "Nippers Need Nutters".
He died in April 2020, aged 87,<ref name="DTelobit" />
from the side effects of treatment three years earlier for bladder cancer, which he did not have.<ref name="CauseOfDeath">{{
cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DominicFrisby/status/1253334187257430016|title=Son Dominic Frisby's tweet|date=23 April 2020|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|0295819}}

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