Come Spy With Me

Summary: 1977 LWT production for ITV Come Spy With Me by Bryan Blackburn.
Theatre play: Come Spy With Me by Bryan Blackburn (1928-2004) [more information]
Play synopsis: This ‘musical comedy was the latest in a long tradition of comedy at the Whitehall Theatre. [...] The plot centred around [Danny] la Rue’s character Danny Rhodes (a pun on his own name) who, as a spy for MI6, is forced to assume various female disguises, including impersonations of some of the female members of the cast including one Barbara Windsor, fresh from success in another spy spoof Carry On Spying.' Source: http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/8849.
Production history: First staged at the Whitehall Theatre, London, in 1966.
Date of transmission: Sunday 11 September 1977
Time: 7.45-9.00pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: London Weekend Television (LWT, 1968-)

Director

Philip Casson

Producer

Jack Williams

Playwright

Bryan Blackburn (1928-2004)

Lyrics

Bryan Blackburn (1928-2004)

Musical Direction

Harry Rabinowitz

Designer

Bill McPherson

Choreographer

David Ellen

Cast

Title: TV Times, 8 September 1977 (Magazine)
Linking notes: cover image; long article, pp. 7 and 10; short article, p. 30; listing, p. 41

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