The Fry Chronicles (61 page)

Leigh, Mike:
Abigail’s Party
,
268

Le Keux, John:
Memorials of Cambridge
,
75

Lennox, Annie,
101

le Prevost, Nicholas,
211

Lerner, Alan Jay:
The Street Where I Live
,
268

Lester, Mark (lawyer),
138–9

Lever, Harold, Baron,
102

Levin, Bernard,
102
,
419

Lewis, Clive Staples,
89
,
92

Lewis, David,
153

Lewis-Smith, Victor,
332

Lindsay, Robert: in
Citizen Smith
,
215
; takes lead in revival of
Me and My Girls
,
266
,
338
,
348
; in
Hamlet
,
343
; in US production of
Me and My Girl
,
409
,
412–15
,
418–19
; and Terry Allen Kramer’s behaviour,
414
; wins award for
Me and My Girl
,
424

Linley, David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount,
338
,
357–8

Listener
(magazine),
299–300
,
305
,
317–18
,
353

Live and Let Die
(film),
359

Livingston, Ken,
333

Lloyd, John,
18
,
207
,
209
,
372
,
374
,
383
,
388–9

Lloyd-Webber, Andrew, Baron,
176

Lochhead, Liz,
211

Logan, Nick,
299

Lohan, Lindsay,
60–1

London: 1980s life,
294
; gentlemen’s clubs,
377–9

London Comedy Store,
208
,
364
,
394

Loose Ends
(radio programme),
332–3

Los Angeles,
419

Luke, Peter,
106

Lyndhurst, Nicholas,
217

Lynn, Jonathan,
345

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith,
254

McBurney, Simon,
128
,
152
,
156

McCartney, Sir Paul,
401–2

McCrum, Mark,
141–3
,
153–4

McCrum, Michael,
141

McCrum, Robert,
141

McGrath, Rory,
403–4

McInnerny, Tim,
237
,
382
,
384

Macintosh, Tony,
406

McKellen, Sir Ian,
81
,
90
,
108
,
191
,
193

McKenna, Paul,
62

MacKenney, Richard,
113–15

McNiven, Dave,
243

Madagascar,
21

Magnum Force
(film),
363

Man With the Golden Gun, The
(film),
359

Manchester,
227
,
238

Mankowitz, Wolf:
The Bespoke Overcoat
,
106

Margolyes, Miriam,
354
,
385

Marlowe, Christopher,
24

Marlowe, Linda,
202

Marowitz, Charles:
Artaud at Rodez
,
124
,
127
,
135

Marriott, Bill,
421

Martini Foundation,
252–3

Mason, James,
108
,
184

Massey, Anna,
115–16

Massy, Baron de,
311

Mather, Victoria,
332–3

Matthew, Brian,
197

Maugham, Somerset:
Home and Beauty
,
93

May, Elaine,
240

Mayall, Rik: and Simon Gray,
44–5
,
49
; and new comedy,
209
,
239
; collaborates with Elton on
The Young Ones
,
210
,
246
; comic qualities,
213–14
,
246
,
387
; and Ade Edmondson,
365
; in
Blackadder
,
385–7

Mayer, Lise,
210
,
214
,
246

Mayhew-Archer, Paul,
331–2

Me and My Girl
(stage musical): revival,
260–9
,
271
,
300
,
325
,
338
,
340
,
342
,
374
; opening in Leicester,
346
,
348–9
; transfers to West End,
353
,
357–9
; staged in Australia,
390–1
; produced in New York,
409–12
,
415–16
,
419–22
; in Los Angeles,
419
; international success,
424
; nominated for Tony awards,
424

Meades, Jonathan,
319–20
,
324

Melbourne Arts Centre,
391

Memoirs of a Fox
(revue),
176
,
181

Meyer, Russ,
6

Middleditch, Penny (SF’s cousin),
117

Middleton, Thomas and Thomas Dekker:
The Roaring Girl
,
152–3
,
155

Miller, Jonathan,
71
,
121

Milligan, Spike,
215

Mitchell, Bill,
291

Mitchell, David,
121

Mitchell, Warren,
402

Moab is My Washpot
(SF; memoir),
1–2
,
17

Moir, Jim,
296–7
,
409

Molina, Alfred,
211

Montagu, Felicity,
332

Monty Python
(TV series),
209
,
239

Mooney, Paul,
44
,
49

Moore, Dudley,
71
,
129

Moore, G.E.,
69
,
335

Moore, Oscar,
152

Morecambe, Eric,
54
,
207
,
209
; death,
346

Morrison, Steve,
229
,
240–1

Morrissey (i.e. Steven Patrick Morrissey),
324

Mulville, Jimmy,
403–4

Nation, Terry,
218

Neatnews
(radio programme),
328–9

Nederlander, James,
411–14
,
420

Neil, Mr (grocer),
10–11

Nelson, Admral Horatio, 1st Viscount,
26

Neumann, Martin (SF’s grandfather),
9–10
,
28

New Statesman, The
(play),
254

New York,
409–16
,
420–2

New York Times
,
419
,
423

Newell, Mike,
353

Newman, Rob,
121

Newsbeat
(radio programme),
328

Newton, Sir Isaac,
70

Nichols, Mike,
240

Nightcap
(Cambridge Footlights revue),
127–9

Noel Gay Artists (agency),
175
,
235–6
,
261–2
,
291

Noel Gay Music (agency),
359

Norfolk College of Arts and Technology (NORCAT), King’s Lynn,
26
,
92

Norton, Graham,
332

Not the Nine O’Clock News
(TV programme),
180–1
,
193
,
207
,
209
,
239
,
383

Nunn, Trevor,
108
,
135

Ockrent, Mike: directs
Me and My Girl
revival,
266–7
,
269–70
,
338
,
340
,
349
; background,
269
; and Stephen Sondheim’s exploitation of SF’s fax machine,
300–1
; and
Me and My Girl
in Australia,
391
; and Terry Allen Kramer,
414
; in New York with
Me and My Girl
,
422–3

Oldman, Gary,
150

Olivier, Sir Laurence (
later
Baron),
93–4
,
336
,
351–2

Only Fools and Horses
(TV programme),
215

Orme, Stuart,
228

Ornstein, Dita (SF’s great-aunt),
422

Orton, Joe:
Loot
,
346

Oulton, Caroline,
141–3
,
152
,
388

Oxford,
70–1
,
129
;
see also
Playhouse Theatre

Oxford and Cambridge Club, London,
377–8

Oxford Theatre Group,
197

Palin, Michael,
71
,
129
,
348

Palmer, James,
171

Paltrow, Gwyneth,
324

Parker, Alan,
234

Parkinson, Cecil, Baron,
101

Parkinson, Sir Michael,
138

Pascal, Blaise,
226

Paston School, North Walsham, Norfolk,
26

Paxman, Jeremy,
139

Perrier Award (Edinburgh Festival),
20
,
199
,
202
,
210

Perry Mason
(US TV series),
416–17

Philips (schoolboy),
40–2

Pinter, Harold: friendship with Simon Gray,
46–7
; watches cricket,
52
; social awkwardness,
53
; smoking,
57
; David Aukin produces,
268

Playhouse Theatre, Oxford,
195

Plowman, Jon,
210–11
,
213

Plunkett, Maryann,
416
,
418
,
424