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Book Writer b. 1939 On stage 1965

John Marwood Cleese ( KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983). In the mid-1970s, Cleese and first…

On stage 1 production

1965 Half A Sixpence Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 512 perf.

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Monty Python’s Spamalot

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In the literature5 passages

  • Cast: Tommy Steele, Ann Shoemaker, James Grout, Carrie Nye, Polly James, Grover Dale, Will Mackenzie, John Cleeseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Book: Eric Idle, based on the screenplay Monty Python and The Holy Grail by Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapmanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Hank Azaria, Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, Christian Borle, Michael McGrath, Sara Ramirez, Christoher Sieber, John Cleese as the recorded voice of Godebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palinebooks/Leonard, Hal/Monty Python's Spamalot Songbook_ 2005 Tony Award Winner - Best Musical - Hal Leonard.txt
  • with Ann Shoemaker PRE Charlotte Rae), James Grout, Carrie Nye, Polly James, Grover Dale, Will Mackenzie, Norman Allen, and John Cleese opened April 25, 1965theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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