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-)

Credits

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

Patrick Cargill	Gribble
Dennis Chin	Chinese Waiter
Pauline Cunningham	Secretary
Freddie Earlle	Diesel
Carole Forbes	Assassin Anonymous
Irene Handl (1901-1987)	Momma Fink
Jane Hayward	Secretary
Rikki Howard	Assassin Anonymous
Isobel Hurly	Assassin Anonymous
Harry Jones	Greensleeves
Chrissie Kendall	Nightclub Dancer
Danny La Rue	Danny
Arnold Lee	Chinese Waiter
Alfred Marks	Dr Fink
Dennis Mazuki	Chinese Waiter
David Morton	Taylor
Clovissa Newcombe	Nightclub Dancer
Natalie Shaw	Assassin Anonymous
Terence Soall	Mr Fitch
Jacquie Toye	Gladys Carmichael
Kenneth Waller	PRofesor Von Schlump
Sandy Walsh	Secretary
Valerie Walsh	Tamara Flesch
Jane Winchester	Secretary
Barbara Windsor	Mavis Apple
Vincent Wong	Chinese Waiter

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; espionage; musical

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 8 September 1977 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; long article, pp. 7 and 10; short article, p. 30; listing, p. 41