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  • ...atch Hunt'' was published when he was eighteen. He wrote short stories and plays, appearing in the latter himself and gradually turned to writing and perfor * ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) – Prof. Halfbeck
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  • | spinoffs =''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' (1965–1966)<br />''[[Turn Out the Lights (TV series)|Turn Out the Lights]]'' (1967) ...his final appearance in ''Coronation Street'' and ran for two series until 1966. It in turn produced its own spin-off ''Turn Out The Lights'', again based
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  • ...tlefield|isbn=9780810893061|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was in many of the plays of [[George Bernard Shaw]], and he did later engagements at the [[Mermaid T ...e web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r3-the-rescue-1973.html|title=radio plays drama,bbc,The Rescue, by Edward Sackville-West, DIVERSITY website|first=Ali
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  • | 1966 | ''[[The Witches (1966 film)|The Witches]]''
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  • | written = 1966 "'''Bring Me Sunshine'''" is a song written in 1966 by the composer [[Arthur Kent (songwriter)|Arthur Kent]], with lyrics by [[
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  • ...rbit with rockets in their basement. Best loved by many were his miniature plays on tiny sets without characters. Bentine stood over the sets and narrated a ...ital city, Filthnik, in the fictitious country of Ozonia. In the 8 October 1966 episode, Bentine tries to turn Ozonia into a Mecca for tourists. This episo
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  • ...s educated at [[Eton College|Eton]], where he played small parts in school plays and at [[New College, Oxford]], where he read [[modern languages]], special ...r effective for [[comedy|comedy parts]], playing sort of comic servants in plays, and in the [[cabaret]] nights we had.<ref name=theatrearchive/>}}
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  • ...d Mervyn Noote in the [[BBC One|BBC1]] sitcom ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'' (1966–71). ...verend Mervyn Noote in the [[British sitcom]] ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'' (1966). At the time it was considered rather controversial because the main chara
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  • ...ced Miller, while the London version continued with a different cast until 1966. [[Category:1960 plays]]
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  • ...''The Birthday Party'', directed by the playwright;<ref>{{cite book|title=Plays and Players|year = 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhsvAQAAIAAJ| ...''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]], [[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]], and [[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]],'' frequently being directed by his brother-in-law [[Lewis Gi
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  • ...elfth Night]]'' the following year, rejoining the company in 1978 for such plays as ''[[The Man of Destiny]]''.<ref name=Parker>John Parker (ed), ''Who's Wh ...Dark]]'' (Strand Theatre 1966), ''Justice is a Woman'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1966) and ''Harvey'' (1970 UK tour). He also directed several productions in Hon
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  • His stage career included plays by [[Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[George Bernard Shaw]]. During the 1950 ...film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958) and ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966) starring [[Michael Caine|Michael Caine]] and [[Shelley Winters|Shelley Win
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  • ...1984</ref><ref>Amnon Kabatchnik ''Blood on the Stage, 1975–2000: Milestone Plays of Crime'' 2012 -. – Page 554 "A dastardly blackmailer is shot and poison ...ormed in 1951<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ridley-arnold.html "Plays by Arnold Ridley"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830121
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  • ...s (series 1 & 3), 30 minutes (series 2 & Australian specials), 47 minutes (1966 Christmas Special) ...d and directed by [[Jimmy Gilbert]]). John Street produced the (surviving) 1966 Boxing Day Special.
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  • | caption = Bennett in 1966 ...film and television actor. He had a lead role in ''[[The Family Way]]'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the tele
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  • ...uated along with the drama school, and his first job was touring with four plays in [[w:Ireland|Ireland]], beginning in [[w:County Tipperary|County Tipperar From 1966 to 1968, he starred in the BBC radio comedy ''[[The Embassy Lark]]'', a spi
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  • | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|6|29|1903|6|8|df=y}} '''Ronald Alfred Shiner''' (8 June 1903 – 29 June 1966) was a British [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and comedy actor whose
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  • ...films, ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) and ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/fenella-fielding-p23350 ...2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> She interspersed these with performances in plays by [[w:Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]], [[w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[w:
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  • ...earing, 2014, ''The London Stage 1940-1949'', p. 222</ref> before parts in plays such as ''Lend Me Robin'' at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)|Embassy Theatre ...f Dock Green|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' episode "The Hot Seat". He was in the 1966 ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The War Machines|The War Machines]]
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  • ...ur-plays-by-william-shakespeare/production/927 |title = Production of Four Plays {{!}} Theatricalia}}</ref> He then moved to [[Nottingham Playhouse|Nottingh ...[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]''.<ref>Frances Stephens, ''Theatre World Annual 1966'' Number 16, Iliffe Books, London 1965, pages 58, 60</ref> Among later thea
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