All things Fawlty
Tue, 16 Oct 2001, 07:17 pmEliot McCann10 posts in thread
All things Fawlty
Tue, 16 Oct 2001, 07:17 pmI think this post belongs here... ah well, let's see...
I note with very guarded interest that Marloo Theatre are auditioning a production/selection of "Fawlty Towers".
One thing: PLEASE for the love of every God you can name assure us all that you have the permission of the holder of the rights to do this.
I have it on very good authority (Jonathon Margolis- author of the biography "Cleese Encounters") that John Cleese is FIERCELY protective of his works. And I emphasise "FIERCELY". I would imagine that Fawlty Towers being one of Cleese's (self-admitted) proudest achievements, the rights to perfom these works are a very real issue. And no doubt a very expensive/restrictive one.
I don't say this just to rain on your parade (although I'm frankly buggered blind with a beetroot to think how you'll pull this project off) but I personally don't want to see a local club brought to its financial knees by a massive lawsuit- which I guarantee would eventuate if the rights to the texts are not secured.
Hoping this is food for thought.
Eliot
I note with very guarded interest that Marloo Theatre are auditioning a production/selection of "Fawlty Towers".
One thing: PLEASE for the love of every God you can name assure us all that you have the permission of the holder of the rights to do this.
I have it on very good authority (Jonathon Margolis- author of the biography "Cleese Encounters") that John Cleese is FIERCELY protective of his works. And I emphasise "FIERCELY". I would imagine that Fawlty Towers being one of Cleese's (self-admitted) proudest achievements, the rights to perfom these works are a very real issue. And no doubt a very expensive/restrictive one.
I don't say this just to rain on your parade (although I'm frankly buggered blind with a beetroot to think how you'll pull this project off) but I personally don't want to see a local club brought to its financial knees by a massive lawsuit- which I guarantee would eventuate if the rights to the texts are not secured.
Hoping this is food for thought.
Eliot
RE: All things Fawlty
Sun, 21 Oct 2001, 01:22 pmWalter Plinge
To misquote me ole pal Eliot, I'm also "buggered blind with a beetroot" if I can see why ANYONE would want to put on a stage production of 'Fawlty Towers'. For starters, it was written for TV, therefore the set is kinda best fashioned for that medium. Secondly, the show is SO well-known, SO hackneyed and SO oft-quoted, that any attempt to redo it for stage is like asking a dead horse if he wouldn't mind saddling up once more for the Melbourne Cup.
IMHO, any club that puts on such a show (whether or not they get the rights), deserves what they get.
PQ
IMHO, any club that puts on such a show (whether or not they get the rights), deserves what they get.
PQ
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