Slapstick and Old Lace

Slapstick and Old Lace
Genre	Comedy
Starring	Charlie Drake Anna Dawson Henry McGee
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	4 March (1971-03-04) – 15 April 1971 (1971-04-15)

Slapstick and Old Lace is a British television sketch show which originally aired on ITV in 1971. Starring Charlie Drake, it was his follow-up to his hit television comedy The Worker which had lasted from 1965 to 1970. ^[1] Also appearing in the show were Anna Dawson and Henry McGee. The title is a reference to the play Arsenic and Old Lace .

In 1976, Drake appeared in a stage show of the same name, which failed due to the extraordinary hot summer during which audience numbers dramatically fell. ^[2]

References

1. Maxford p.240
2. Goldman p.329

Bibliography

• Lawrence Goldman. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008. OUP Oxford, 2013.
• Howard Maxford. Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland, 2018.

External links

• Slapstick and Old Lace at IMDb