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What the Butler Saw

Plot: White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.
Release Date: Saturday, May 23 1987
37 years ago
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Portrait of Dinsdale LandenDinsdale Landen. Dinsdale Landen was 54 in What the Butler Saw as 'Dr Prentice'.
Birthday: Sun, Sep 04 1932 –
Died: Mon, Dec 29 2003
Portrait of Prunella ScalesPrunella Scales. Prunella Scales was 54 in What the Butler Saw as 'Mrs Prentice'.
Birthday: Wed, Jun 22 1932
Portrait of Timothy WestTimothy West. Timothy West was 52 in What the Butler Saw as 'Dr Rance'.
Birthday: Sat, Oct 20 1934 –
Died: Tue, Nov 12 2024
Portrait of Tyler ButterworthTyler Butterworth. Tyler Butterworth was 28 in What the Butler Saw as 'Nicholas Beckett'.
Birthday: Fri, Feb 06 1959
Portrait of Tessa Peake-JonesTessa Peake-Jones. Tessa Peake-Jones was 30 in What the Butler Saw as 'Geraldine Barclay'.
Birthday: Thu, May 09 1957
Portrait of Bryan PringleBryan Pringle. Bryan Pringle was 52 in What the Butler Saw as 'Sergeant Match'.
Birthday: Sat, Jan 19 1935 –
Died: Wed, May 15 2002

Crew

Portrait of Barry DavisBarry Davis. Barry Davis was 51 in What the Butler Saw as 'Director'
Birthday: Sat, Apr 11 1936 –
Died: Sat, Sep 15 1990
Portrait of Joe OrtonJoe Orton. Joe Orton was >> in What the Butler Saw as 'Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Shaun SuttonShaun Sutton. Shaun Sutton was >> in What the Butler Saw as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Jim ParkerJim Parker. Jim Parker was 52 in What the Butler Saw as 'Music'
Birthday: Tue, Dec 18 1934 –
Died: Fri, Jul 28 2023
Portrait of Bruce MacadieBruce Macadie. Bruce Macadie was >> in What the Butler Saw as 'Production Design'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday