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‘Fawlty Towers' Stage Play Won't Have Racial Slurs, John Cleese Says: ‘The Literal-Minded Don't Understand Irony'
The London West End stage adaptation of "Fawlty Towers" will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said ... and Major Gowen by Paul Nicholas.
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I had to cut racial slurs from Fawlty Towers: The Play, says John Cleese
John Cleese has said “literal-minded” viewers ... Victoria Fox as waitress Polly and Paul Nicholas as the Major. The original TV programme, written by Cleese and his former wife, Connie ...
John Cleese says Fawlty Towers stage show auditions were 'so awful' in playful interview after admitting he agreed to West End revival for the pay cheque
John, 84, appeared on This Morning on Friday alongside actors Adam Jackson-Smith, who plays John's role of Basil, and Paul ...
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John Cleese says playing Basil Fawlty on stage 'would kill me' as play hits West End
John Cleese has admitted he can no longer play ... including Sybil (Anna-Jane Casey), Manuel (Hemi Yeroham) and The Major (Paul Nicholas), with Cleese very much part of the audition process.