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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Letters: Roy Dotrice obituary by Kevin Bannon, John Machin and Geoffrey Batten

Kevin Bannon writes: Roy Dotrice took a leading role in the BBC television comedy series AP Herbert’s Misleading Cases (1967-71). He played the litigious, self-representing Albert Haddock,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PM
Friday, October 6, 2017

Letter: Benjamin Whitrow in After Henry by Geoffrey Batten

In addition to his stage, TV and film work, Benjamin Whitrow made a significant contribution to the popular BBC Radio 4 sitcom After Henry, written by Simon Brett. Running for 34 episodes be…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PM
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Letters: Alec McCowen obituary by Lalita Carlton-Jones and Geoffrey Batten

Lalita Carlton-Jones writes: In 1982 the Mermaid theatre in London staged The Portage to San Cristobal of AH, adapted as a play by Christopher Hampton from a short story by George Steiner. I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM