Theatre-based plays adapted for TV

Theatre-based plays about a famous actor or performer.  Each show truncated to one hour without detracting from the original script of the stage production and with additional biographical material added for television audiences.

​Stage Door:  The One-man Shows

FRANK BARRIE as Macready!

JOHN BARDON as Max Miller

JON RUMNEY - Groucho In Toto

NOTES:  Based mainly on theatre shows, some about a particular famous actor.  Each of the three selected here are one hour, recorded and edited with TVI facilities:

• Macready!' - a celebration of the actor.  A stage play based on the diaries of the great Victorian actor William Charles Macready, written and played by Frank Barrie.  Recorded at the Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, London. (TX 25/08/83)
• 'Here's  a Funny Thing' - a stage play about the life of Max Miller, 'the cheeky chappie' starring John Bardon, Clare Kelly, written by R.W. Shakespeare.  Recorded at the Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, London. (TX 20/11/82)​
• 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)

Commissioning Editor: Cecil Korer

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Macready!

A celebration of the great Victorian actor William Charles Macready 1793-1873, based on his actual diaries, written by and starring Frank Barrie.

Macready!

Here's A Funny Thing

A one-hour TV adaptation of the stage play about the life of Max Miller, 'the cheeky chappie' starring John Bardon, written by R.W. Shakespeare.

Here's A Funny Thing

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

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