Classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage.

[John Green]

"The transfer of ­comedy from stage to screen then back again is nothing new (’Allo ’Allo! toured from 1986 to 1992, Bottom staged live shows throughout the 90s)".
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/11/classic-tv-sitcoms-stage-fawlty-towers-fast-show-only-fools-and-horses
No mention of the 1975 Dad's Army show, then? dadsarmy.fandom.com/wiki/Dad%27s_Army_(Stage_Show)

[sonnybh]

I remember a few sitcoms had stage adaptations in the 1980s, often with the original casts were possible.

Supposedly a proposed Last Of The Summer Wine stage show was affected by Bill Owen & Brian Wilde refusing to work together except when contractually obliged!

[John Green]

"Such was the popularity of Nearest and Dearest that in 1970 it spent the summer at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, as a stage show" televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/nearest-and-dearest (The Nearest and Dearest Christmas Special near-as-damn-it gave us the stage panto).

Apart from the odd Royal Variety Steptoe, I wonder which was the earliest TV sitcom on stage?

[nathangeorge]

My parents saw a live version of Get Some In.

[T Morgan]

Feb 11, 2024 13:54:11 GMT John Green said:

"The transfer of ­comedy from stage to screen then back again is nothing new (’Allo ’Allo! toured from 1986 to 1992, Bottom staged live shows throughout the 90s)".
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/11/classic-tv-sitcoms-stage-fawlty-towers-fast-show-only-fools-and-horses
No mention of the 1975 Dad's Army show, then? dadsarmy.fandom.com/wiki/Dad%27s_Army_(Stage_Show)

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