Anthony Marriott JP (17 January 1931, London – 17 April 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with Alistair Foot, of the farce ''

No Sex Please, We're British ''No Sex Please, We're British'' is a British farce written by Alistair Foot and Anthony Marriott, which premiered in London's West End on 3 June 1971 at the Strand Theatre. It was panned by critics, but ran until 5 September 1987, transferr ...

'' which opened at the Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971. It has been performed in 52 countries and on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre.Anthony Marriott at the Film Reference website
/ref> A film version starring

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was released in 1973. In 1967 Marriott was hired by

Amicus Productions Amicus Productions was a Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film production company, based at Shepperton Studios, England, active between 1962 and 1977. It was founded by American producers and screenwriters Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg. ...

to rewrite the screenplay penned by

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for

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, a film based on the novel ''A Taste for Honey'' by

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. Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series '' Public Eye'' with

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. He never wrote a televised episode for the series, but did write an original novel based on it, ''Marker Calls the Tune'' in 1968. He lived for many years in

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and was a Justice of the Peace.

Other plays

* With Alistair Foot, ''Uproar in the House'',

Garrick Theatre The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, named after the stage actor David Garrick. It opened in 1889 with ''The Profligate'', a play by Arthur Wing Pinero, and another Pinero play, ...

and

Whitehall Theatre Trafalgar Theatre is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. The Grade II listed building was built in 1930 with interiors in the Art Deco style as the Whitehall Theatre; it regularly staged ...

, 1967–69 * With John Chapman, ''Shut Your Eyes and Think of England'',

Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is a listed building, Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

, 1977

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marriott, Anthony 1931 births 2014 deaths English male stage actors English screenwriters English male screenwriters English male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English male writers Writers from London Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Hounslow