The London West End stage adaptation of “Fawlty Towers” will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said. “Fawlty Towers – The Play” is based on the classic 1975 sitcom and is written by ...

John Cleese has admitted he can no longer play Basil Fawlty on stage at 84-years-old, claiming: “It would kill me.” The comedian is bringing his beloved comedy Fawlty Towers to the West End stage for ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of his classic 1970s comedy show "Fawlty Towers" to London's West End. "Fawlty Towers The ...

John Cleese has said his stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers has been successful because 50 years on from the show’s 1975 TV debut it is still “funnier than anything else that’s on these days”. The ...

Fawlty Towers creator John Cleese paid a moving tribute to his co-star Prunella Scales, describing her as “absolutely perfect”. The beloved actress was widely known for her iconic role as Sybil Fawlty ...

I just found myself on Shaftesbury Avenue at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End to get up close and personal with John Cleese. As in, I am in the second-to-front row, the stage is before me, and ...

With multiple alimony-inspired money-making projects in need of promotion, Monty Python legend John Cleese recently appeared on ITV’s Lorraine in the U.K. Unfortunately, things got off to a rocky ...

John Cleese has introduced the new Basil Fawlty. Stephen Hall will be taking on the iconic role for a live stage show of Fawlty Towers, which will have its world premiere in Australia in August. "One ...

Actress Prunella Scales, who played the domineering hotel manager Sybil Fawlty - the wife of John Cleese’s Basil on the British comedy series “Fawlty Towers” -- died on Oct. 27. She was 93. The ...