My Fat Friend
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{{Infobox play
| name = My Fat Friend
| image = Image:MyFatFriend.jpg
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| caption = Original West End production poster
| writer = Charles Laurence
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| premiere = 1972
| place = Theatre Royal, Brighton
| orig_lang = English
| subject =
| genre = Comedy
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My Fat Friend is a play by Charles Laurence.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/my-fat-friend-3323|title=My Fat Friend|publisher=Internet Broadway Database}}
Plot
The comedy is an ugly duckling tale about an overweight young woman who attracts the attention of a potential suitor. With the help of her friends/roommates, she undergoes a diet and exercise regime to shed the extra pounds she assumes she needs to lose in order to hold the man's attention.
Performances
The play premiered on 6 November 1972 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, where it ran for one week before transferring to the Rex Theatre in Wilmslow for another week's engagement. On 6 December it opened in London's West End at the Globe Theatre, where it enjoyed a modest run despite lukewarm reviews. The cast, directed by Eric Thompson, included Jennie Linden and Kenneth Williams.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/ayp/my-fat-friend/production/100v|title=Production of My Fat Friend | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}
After seven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Robert Moore, opened on 31 March 1974 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 288 performances. The cast included Lynn Redgrave, John Lithgow, and George Rose, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance.
John Inman, star of the BBC department-store comedy Are You Being Served?, appeared in the November 1972 production at the Rex Theatre in Wilmslow, and later in a 1998 revival of the play.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Play/My-Fat-Friend/S4317/|title=My Fat Friend (Play) archive [PLAY]|first=UK Theatre|last=Web|website=UK Theatre Web}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3323/ Internet Broadway Database listing]