| Semi-Detached | |
|---|---|
&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Semi-Detached_(play).jpg) Original poster West End transfer, 1962 | |
| Written by | David Turner |
| Date premiered | 8 June 1962 |
| Place premiered | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry |
| Original language | English |
| Setting | Spring, 1962. The home of Fred Midway, Dowlihull, England. |
Semi-Detached is a play written by David Turner.[1] It premiered at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in June 1962 with Leonard Rossiter in the lead role, the production was directed by Tony Richardson.[2] In 1964, the BBC recorded a radio adaptation starring Rossiter, rebroadcast in 2016 in its series Repertory in Britain.[3] The Belgrade Theatre production transferred to London, still directed by Richardson, but with Laurence Olivier (replacing Rossiter), Eileen Atkins, John Thaw, James Bolam (replacing Ian McKellen) and Mona Washbourne.[4] The play reached Broadway in New York for a season in 1963 and a film version All the Way Up (1970), directed by James MacTaggart, starred Warren Mitchell.[5][6] The play was revived at the Chichester Festival in 1999.[7]
- ^ "Semi Detached", Leonard Rossiter Website
- ^ "Production of Semi-Detached | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - David Turner - Repertory in Britain: Semi-Detached".
- ^ "Poster | Wrigley, Denis | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Semi-Detached – Broadway Play – 1963 Revival | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "All the Way Up (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Cast list, Semi-Detached (1999) – Pass It On".