Anthony Marriott (17 January 1931, London, England â€" 17 April 2014) was a playwright and actor.
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 Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971. It has been performed in 52 countries and which on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre. A film version starring Ronnie Corbett was released in 1973.
Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series Public Eye with Roger Marshall.
He lived many years in Osterley, West London and was a JP.
Other plays
- With Alistair Foot, Uproar in the House, Garrick Theatre and Whitehall Theatre, 1967â€"69
- With John Chapman, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Apollo Theatre, 1977
References
External links
- Anthony Marriott at the Internet Movie Database
