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DAVE FREEMAN (1922 - 2005)
Nationality: Englishemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Laurence Fitch Ltd
He was best known for being the writer of the Benny Hill Show which he worked on from 1955 to the mid-sixties, leaving before it transferred to ITV and began to be accused of sexism. he also appeared in a number iof small parts in the show.In a career which began in the fifties, after being a stage electrician, a petty officer in the Royal Navy, a Special Branch detective and a crime reporter, he wrote for The avengers, Ted Ray, Tony Hancock, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd, Roy Hudd, arthur askey, Bernard Braden, Sis james, Terry Scott and Bill Maynard. He wrote two Carry On scripts - Carry On Behind and Carry On Columbus. He was most proud, however, of his work for theatre. He write three plays, the most popular of which was the farce a Bedful of Foreigners (1973) which had an eighteen month West End run with Terry Scott and June Whitfield, and did a number of tours with actresses like Deborah Watling (Far East tour) and Mandy Rice-Davies (national tour). The others, also farces, were Kindly Keep It Covered and Key for Two.
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Bedfull Of Foreigners, A Key For Two Kindly Keep It CoveredBedfull Of Foreigners, A
Synopsis:
On the eve of a local festival in a French village Stanley and Brenda on a motoring trip, think themselves lucky to obtain a hotel room. But in less than an hour Stanley finds himself lowering an attractive girl, stark naked, from the window. The girl's husband arrives and by the second hour almost everybody is in the wrong bed, figures dressed as nuns and monks rush in and out, seductions and confrontations run rampant!
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1st Produced:
Croydon 1974
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976 -
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Genre:
Farce
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Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Synopsis:
financial problems solved by entertaining two married gentlemen on different days of the week, problems as wives arrive
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written with John Chapman
1st Produced:
London 1982
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, -
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Synopsis:
Roland and Julia have bought a health farm using the money paid out by an insurance firm on the death of Julia's first husband, Sidney. Things are not going too badly until Sidney shows up. . .. . .
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1997 -
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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