Cambridge Circus (comedy)

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Cambridge Circus is a comedy revue that played in London in 1963. Unfortunately the title sometimes confused audiences, as it was not actually playing at Cambridge Circus itself. (The original name of the revue was A Clump of Plinths.)

Originally a Cambridge Footlights production, the show starred John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch, Chris Stuart-Clark and Jo Kendall. Jonathan Lynn later joined the cast when Chris Stuart-Clark left comedy to become a schoolteacher. The revue played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1963 before opening at West End in London. It then bizarrely toured New Zealand followed by a transfer to Broadway in September 1964 and finally Off-Broadway. The revue was broadcast on television in the United States when the cast made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show during October, 1964, featuring some of the sketches.

A radio version of the revue was broadcast by the BBC in 1964 under the title I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. Originally intended as a one-off special, this went on to become a successful and long-running radio series.

[edit] Further reading

Further information about "Cambridge Circus" and the cast can be found in the book:

• From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' - Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980

[edit] External links

• "A Clump of Plinths" - (later renamed "Cambridge Circus")

• "Cambridge Circus" - at the Internet Broadway Database