Anthony Marriott
Anthony Marriott | |
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| Born | 17 January 1931 |
| Died | 17 April 2014 (aged 83) |
Anthony Marriott JP (17 January 1931, London – 17 April 2014)[1] was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor.
As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with Alistair Foot, of the farce No Sex Please which opened at the Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971.[2] It has been performed in 52 countries and which on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre.[3] A film version starring Ronnie Corbett was released in 1973.
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.
Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series Public Eye with Roger Marshall.
He lived for many years in Osterley, West London and was a JP.[3]
Other plays
- With Alistair Foot, Uproar in the House, Garrick Theatre and Whitehall Theatre, 1967–69
- With John Chapman, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Apollo Theatre, 1977
References
- ^ "Tony Marriott - obituary". The Telegraph. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Langer, Emily (29 April 2014). "Anthony Marriott, writer of 'No Sex Please, We're British,' dies at 83". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b Anthony Marriott at the Film Reference website
External links
- Pages with script errors
- Articles with short description
- 1931 births
- 2014 deaths
- English male stage actors
- English screenwriters
- English male screenwriters
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English male writers
- Writers from London
- Male actors from London
