There's a Girl in My Soup (play)

For the film based on this play, see There's a Girl in My Soup.

There's A Girl In My Soup
Written byTerence Frisby
Characters7
Date premiered30 May 1966
Place premieredGolders Green Hippodrome
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
SettingSumptuous 1960s apartment

There's a Girl in My Soup is a stage comedy written by Terence Frisby.[1] Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of a smooth-talking TV chef, Robert Danvers, who falls for a much younger woman, Marion. She leaves her hippy boyfriend, Jimmy, to live with Danvers, but eventually returns to Jimmy, leaving Danvers bereft.

It opened on 30 May 1966 at the Golders Green Hippodrome and transferred soon after to the Globe Theatre.[2] There's a Girl in My Soup ran for 6+1⁄2 years until 1973 to become the longest-running comedy in the history of the West End.[3] The play ran at the Globe Theatre for 3+1⁄2 years, from March 1966 until 6 August 1969, when it transferred to the Comedy Theatre, opening there on 18 August 1969 and closing in 1973 after 2,547 performances.[4][3]

It was unprecedented for a comedy to run for such a long time. This record was later broken by No Sex Please, We're British and then Run for Your Wife.[5]

  1. ^ "There's a Girl in My Soup". www.samuelfrench.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Production of There's a Girl in my Soup - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ a b "There's a Girl in my Soup".
  4. ^ Codron, Michael (4 July 2012). Putting It On. Gerald Duckworth & Co. ISBN 9780715643402 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Foss, Roger (27 June 2012). May the Farce Be With You. Oberon Books. ISBN 9781849436021 – via Google Books.