​TV Adaptations

Groucho In Toto - starring Jon Rumney

Sganarelle - The American Repertory Theatre

Hollywood Hits Chiswick starring Derek Newark

NOTES:  Innovative and experimental productions to meet the Channel 4 brief.  The three selected here all have particular American connections and all three recorded in London with TVI facilities:

• ​​'Groucho In Toto' - a stage play based on the life and style of Groucho Marx, starring Jon Rumney, with Lyn Webster and James House, written by Alec Baron.  Recorded at the Shaw Theatre, Euston Road, London. (TX 11/12/82)
• '​Sganarelle', Molière farces performed by the American Repertory Theatre and recorded at the Duke of York's Theatre, St Martin's Lane, London.  Edited either as 1 x two hour programme and as four individual farces.
• 'Hollywood Hits Chiswick' - a play written for TV about the improbable life of W.C. Fields, starring Derek Newark, with Caroline Quentin, Julie Legrad, Steve Gardener, Elizabeth Counsell, written by Mike Sharland.  Recorded on location at the former site of the Empire Theatre, Chiswick. (TX 08/09/83)​​

Commissioning Editors: Cecil Korer & Mike Kustow

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Groucho In Toto

A one-hour TV adaptation of the stage play about the silver screen legend Groucho Marx starring Jon Rumney, written by Alec Baron.

Groucho In Toto

Molière farces

Four Molière farces - generic title 'Sganarelle' - recorded at the Duke of York's Theatre, London and performed by the American Repertory Theatre 

Sganarelle

W.C. Fields

"A view of the improbable life and times of W.C. Fields" Starring Derek Newark as William Claude Duckenfield, written by Mike Sharland.

Hollywood Hits Chiswick

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