There's a Girl in My Soup (play)

There's A Girl In My Soup
Written by	Terence Frisby
Characters	7
Date premiered	1966
Place premiered	Globe Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	Sumptuous 1960s apartment

There's A Girl In My Soup is a stage comedy written by Terence Frisby.

It opened on 30 May 1966 at the Golders Green Hippodrome and transferred soon after to the Globe Theatre. There's a Girl in My Soup ran for six and half years until 1973 to become the longest-running comedy in the history of the West End. The play ran at the Globe Theatre for three and a half years, from March 1966 until 6 August 1969, when it transferred to the Comedy Theatre, opening there on 18 August 1969 and closing in 1973 after 2,547 performances.

It was unprecedented for a comedy to run for such a long time. This record was later broken by No Sex Please, We're British and then Run for Your Wife.

The show was directed by Bob Chetwyn and the first cast featured Donald Sinden, Barbara Ferris, Jon Pertwee and Clive Francis. The producer was Michael Codron. The record-breaking success of the show put Codron on the map as a producer. In June 1967 the role of Robert Danvers was taken over by Gerald Flood, who played the role until December 1968, when Peter Byrne took over for the rest of the run. The role of Andrew Hunter was played by William Franklyn, who was succeeded in June 1968 by Richard Coleman. The role of Marion was played by Belinda Carroll. At the Comedy Theatre the production starred Charles Tingwell, Gay Singleton and Richard Coleman. It was taken out on a tour of the UK in 1973, with Danvers reprised by Gerald Flood, who ultimately played the role for over 650 performances. During the tour Andrew was played by Laurence Payne and John Hart Dyke and Marion was portrayed by Katy Manning and Anne Aston.

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