Anthony Marriott

rdf:langString Anthony Marriott

rdf:langString Anthony Marriott

rdf:langString Anthony Marriott

rdf:langString Anthony Marriott JP (17 January 1931, London – 17 April 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with , of the farce No Sex Please, We're British which opened at the Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971. It has been performed in 52 countries and which on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre. A film version starring Ronnie Corbett was released in 1973. In 1967 Marriott was hired by Amicus Productions to rewrite the screenplay penned by Robert Bloch for The Deadly Bees, a film based on the novel A Taste for Honey by Gerald Heard. Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series Public Eye with Roger Marshall. He lived for many years in Osterley, West London and was a JP.