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Fawlty Towers (1984) by John Cleese & Connie Booth
Other versions of Fawlty Towers have been done by Wyong Drama Group in Fawlty Towers has been done by WDG on various occasions. Directed by Pam Campbell in 2006 and also back in 1982 directed by Bob McKettrick. Most recently it was reprised again in 2009 by Pam Campbell. In 1984, Steve McNeil directed two episodes of Fawlty Towers for Wyong Drama Group. The entire production was also taken down to Woy Woy and to other local venues in and around April and May 1984. The two episodes were Communication Problems (Mrs Richards) and The Hotel Inspectors. Interestingly, these very two episodes, along with A Touch of Class (Lord Melbury) were reprised by the group in August 2009. In Communication Problems, misunderstandings occur at Fawlty Towers when Basil secretly bets on a winning race horse, without Sybil knowing. Then a hard of hearing guest, Mrs Richards, alleges she has had some money stolen from her room. Basil can't admit that the money won on the horse is his (Sybil would do worse than kill him) and so the winning money is given to Mrs Richards. When her money later turns up, Basil is happy once more, but he ends up having to give the money away once again. In The Hotel Inspectors Basil learns that there are some hotel inspectors in the area, and goes out of his way to be nice to a guest who he believes is an inspector. It turns out that he is not and Basil is first rude to him and then assaults him in the dining room. Basil then realises that another guest could well be an inspector and confronts him, but once again he is mistaken. In a final act of revenge he custard pies the first guest, in full view of the real hotel inspectors who have just entered the lobby. The programme we have online is a masterpiece of cartoonery by Steve McGrath, who also played Manuel in the shows. Fawlty Towers Programme from 1984 (pdf file, 284,403 bytes)
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