Adapter––The 39 Steps
Other Theatre: English actor, comedian, and playwright
Television: performed in various British television shows including Is It Legal?, Jam & Jerusalem, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, French & Saunders
Television Screenplays: Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, Das Gespenst von Canterville (adaption), The Young Visitors, Massive Landmarks of the 20th Century, True Adventures of Christopher Columbus, Revolution!!, Messiah and others
Other Credits: Radio: wrote and performed in four-part situation comedy called The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience; played Om in radio adaptation of Small Gods adapted by Robin Brooks
Awards: won an Olivier Award and a What’s Onstage Award for Best New Comedy for his adaptation of The 39 Steps
Background: born March 18, 1947 in Leicester, England; created the two-man National Theatre of Brent in 1980, in which he plays (his alter ego) Artistic Director and Chief Executive Desmond Olivier Dingle