Background
Frisby, Terence was born on November 28, 1932 in London. Son of William Alfred and Kathleen (Casely) Frisby.
Actor director playwright producer
Frisby, Terence was born on November 28, 1932 in London. Son of William Alfred and Kathleen (Casely) Frisby.
Student, Control School Speech and Dramatic Art, London, 1955-1957.
There"s A Girl in My Soup opened in 1966 at the Globe Theatre (now called the Gielgud Theatre) and ran for over 1,000 performances, becoming a worldwide hit with runs on Broadway, Paris (with Gérard Depardieu), Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Rome (starring Domenico Modugno), Vienna, Prague and many other places. His other stage plays include The Subtopians (Arts Theatre 1964), The Bandwagon (Mermaid Theatre 1969), lieutenant"s All Right If I Do lieutenant (Mermaid 1977), Seaside Postcard (Young Vic 1978) Rough Justice (Apollo Theatre 1994) Funny About Love (two United Kingdom national tours 1999-2000). All his plays are published by Samuel French.
He has also written many plays for television, two of which were nominated for awards.
A second production of the same show, under the title Kisses on a Postcard, was produced in 2011 at the same venue. His first book was Outrageous Fortune, an autobiographical story about his fifteen years as a litigant-in-person in the High Court following his divorce and custody battle.
His second book is Kisses on a Postcard, published by Bloomsbury (). lieutenant tells of his experiences as an evacuee as a 7-year-old from London to Cornwall during World War Two.
lieutenant is based on the musical of the same name.
Frisby has worked for 40 years as an actor, director and producer. He has played leads and directed in the West End, Young Vic and all over the country. His most noted presentation was the South African, multi-award-winning Woza Albert! at the Criterion Theatre in 1983, subsequently off-Broadway and worldwide.
He was one of the earliest members of the father"s rights and support group Families Need Fathers.
Married Christine Vecchione, August 28, 1963 (divorced 1970). 1 child, Dominic.