Terence Frisby

Terence Frisby (born 28 November 1932) is a British playwright, actor, director and producer, best known as the author of the play There's A Girl in My Soup.

Frisby was born in 1932 in New Cross, south east London and educated at Dartford Grammar School. He is father of stand-up comedian and voice-over artist Dominic Frisby.

There's A Girl in My Soup opened in 1966 at the Globe Theatre (now called the Gielgud Theatre) and ran for over 1,000 performances, becoming a worldwide hit with runs on Broadway, Paris (with Gérard Depardieu), Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Rome (starring Domenico Modugno), Vienna, Prague and many other places. His script for the equally successful 1970 film, which starred Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn, won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award in 1970 for the Best British Comedy Screenplay.

His other stage plays include The Subtopians (Arts Theatre 1964), The Bandwagon (Mermaid Theatre 1969), It's All Right If I Do It (Mermaid 1977), Seaside Postcard (Young Vic 1978) Rough Justice (Apollo Theatre 1994) Funny About Love (two UK national tours 1999-2000). All his plays are published by Samuel French.

Frisby has also written many plays for television, two of which were nominated for awards. His comedy series include Lucky Feller with David Jason (1976) and That's Love with Jimmy Mulville, Diana Hardcastle, and Tony Slattery (1988–92), which won the Gold Award for Comedy at the 1991 Houston International Film Festival.

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