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Citizen Smith (TV programme), 215
City Limits (magazine), 208, 299
Clarke, Alan, 249
Clarke, John Cooper, 114-15
Clarke, Kenneth, 101
Clary, Julian, 392
Cleese, John, 70-1, 121, 262, 271, 390
Cocteau, Jean, 7
Coe, Sebastian, Baron, 147
coffee, 20-1
Cohan, George M., 410
Collinge, Roger, 325
Colour Supplement, The (radio programme), 330, 332
Coltrane, Robbie: in Five Go Mad in Dorset, 214, 245; background and character, 230-1; plays in Alfresco, 239, 241, 298; and motor cars, 369; seduction technique, 402-3
Comedy Store see London Comedy Store
Comic Relief, 390
Comic Strip Presents ... Five Go Mad in Dorset (TV show), 245
Conley, Brian, 415
Connolly, Billy, 391
Coogan, Steve, 369
Cook, Peter, 70-1, 121, 209, 271
Cook, Roger, 331-2
Cooke, Alistair, 95, 182-5
Cooper, Tommy, 207, 209, 346
Corbett, Ronnie, 209
Coren, Alan, 300, 305, 317-18
Coren, Giles, 319
Corvo, Baron (Frederick Rolfe), 26; Hadrian the Seventh (stage version), 106
Cosmo, Tony, 237
Cotton, Bill, 258, 376
Covent Garden Opera, 165
Coward, Sir Noel, 1, 57
Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 70
Crocker, Jo (nee Fry; SF's sister), 134, 156
Cromwell, Oliver, 70
Cronyn, Hume, 417
Crosby, Annette, 336, 344
Cross, Ben, 147
Cryer, Barry, 210
Crystal Cube, The (proposed TV programme), 297, 409
Cundall Manor (prep school), North Yorkshire, 31-43, 105-6, 123
Curtis, Richard: as Oxford man, 71; performs with Rowan Atkinson in Edinburgh, 130; writes and performs for Not the Nine O'Clock News, 207, 209; collaborates on Blackadder, 372-5, 381, 383-4, 388-90; proposes Comic Relief, 390
Dad's Army (TV programme), 376
Dalton, Buddy, 202
Dambusters raid (1943), 59-60
Darin, Bobby, 216
Darwin, Charles, 70
Davies, John, 143, 153
Davies, John Howard, 374
Davis, Bette, 47
Deegan, Denise: Daisy Pulls it Off (play), 346
de Jong, Nicholas, 156, 202
Delve Special (radio programme), 331-2
Dench, Dame Judi, 90
Dennis, Les, 415
Diana, Princess of Wales, 201
Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes, 69
Dirty Harry (film), 406
Dorchester Hotel, London, 186-8
Draughtsman's Contract, The (film), 250
Draycott Place, Chelsea, 220
Dunhill (company), 54
Duvitski, Janine, 332
Dwyer, Penny, 190, 214
Dylan, Bob: Basement Tapes, 192
Eastwood, Clint, 270
Eddington, Paul, 272, 335, 338-9, 345-6, 351
Edinburgh Festival: SF performs at Fringe, 122, 124-7, 152, 155-6, 197
Edis, Steve, 187
Edmonds, Noel, 334
Edmondson, Ade, 45, 209, 214, 239, 246, 364-5
Edwards, Jimmy, 102
Electric Voodoo (Footlights revue), 156
Elizabeth the Queen Mother: insurance on life, 116-21
Elliott, Denholm, 348
Elms, Robert, 332
Elton, Ben: and Alfresco, 20, 238-41; Alexei Sayle's hostility to, 206; background, 209; and new comedy, 209; co-writes and plays in The Young Ones, 210-11, 214, 245-7; co-writes There's Nothing to Worry About, 228-9; work rate, 228, 240, 295, 297, 364, 372; Armitage disapproves of, 229; political views, 295; and Filthy Rich and Catflap, 296; as stand-up comedian, 365, 415; co-writes Blackadder, 372-6, 381, 383-4, 388-9; character and manner, 373-4, 377; friendship with SF, 377-82; hosts Saturday Live, 402
Emery, Dick, 209
Enfield, Harry, 332, 394-5, 402, 415
Equity membership, 256
Eton College, 147-8
European Theatre Group, 134-5
Evershed-Martin, Leslie, 336
Extra Dry Sherrin (radio programme), 330
Eyre, Harry, 134
Eyre, Sir Richard, 108
Face the Facts (radio programme), 331-2
Face, The (magazine), 299
Falklands War (1982), 294, 328
Farrar, Robert, 141
Farson, Daniel, 330
Fawcett, Richard, 91
Fawlty Towers (TV programme), 218, 376
Feldman, Marty, 215
Ferguson, Craig, 276
Filthy Rich and Catflap (sitcom), 296
Five Go Mad in Dorset (film), 214
Fleming, Ian: The Man With the Golden Gun, 38
Fletcher, Mandy, 382-3, 388
Foale, Michael, 131-2
Footlights Club: status, 44; May Week Review, 121; Hugh Laurie's Presidency, 166-9, 172, 177, 186-8, 190, 192-3; qualities and performances, 172-4; performs at premiere of Chariots of Fire, 186-7; wins Perrier Award, 199, 202, 210; see also Nightcap revue
Ford, Anna, 307
Forster, E.M., 69, 71, 307
Forsyth, Bruce, 209
Fortune, John, 336, 344
Fosse, Bob, 420
Fowler, (Sir) Norman, 101
Fraser, Lady Antonia, 46-7
Frayn, Michael, 268
Freestone, Sue, 371
French, Dawn, 209, 214, 296, 332
Freud, Emma, 332-3
Friedrich, Gotz, 165
Frost, (Sir) David, 52, 121, 258, 262, 329
Frost, Steve, 365
Fry, Jo (SF's sister) see Crocker, Jo
Fry, Roger (SF's brother), 287-8
Fry, Stephen: writing style, 2; infancy, 5-7; physical limitations, 5; addiction to sugar, 6-8, 10-11, 14-17, 19; birth, 7; schooling, 11-15, 18, 26; childhood stealing, 17, 19; dental problems, 19; expelled from Uppingham, 19, 33; gives up sugar in coffee, 20-1; corrects obesity by diet and exercise, 21-3; smoking, 23-30, 33-4, 37-40, 50, 56-8; imprisoned in young offenders institution, 27-30, 360; succumbs to temptation, 28-9; sentenced to two years' probation, 30; wins Cambridge scholarship, 30; teaches in private school (Cundall Manor), 31-43, 105-6, 123; hair style, 34, 80; administers corporal punishment to schoolboy, 40-2; gives up smoking, 53-6, 58-9, 62-3, 424; first visits to USA, 59-60, 409-22; writer's block overcome by smoking, 61-2; travel series on USA, 63; at Cambridge, 65, 67-9, 72-84, 89-90, 101-2, 106-7, 110-13, 122, 149, 157-61; appearance and dress, 80, 157, 380; musical taste, 82-3; examination results at Cambridge, 85-6, 122, 191-2; greed for knowledge, 87-8; on becoming an actor, 90-6; speaking confidence, 92; youthful love-making, 102; acting at Cambridge, 106-9, 113-16, 121-2, 124, 134, 152-3, 163-4, 188-9; performs at Edinburgh Festival, 122, 124-7, 152, 155-6, 197-8; asthma attacks, 123; shares college room with Kim Harris, 130-1, 157; parents accept being gay, 134; tours with European Theatre Group, 134-6; TV appearance on University Challenge, 137-40; writes first play for Mark McCrum, 141-2; writes sketches at Cambridge, 144; as film extra in Chariots of Fire, 145-8; as Kim Harris's lover, 160; serves on college committees, 161-3; writes scripts with Hugh Laurie, 166-9, 194; affinity with Hugh Laurie, 168-71, 295; ambitions, 175; sells sketch to BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, 180-1; degree (2:1), 191; graduation ceremony, 195; radio appearances, 197; wins Perrier Award for The Cellar Tapes, 199; leaves Cambridge, 201; tours Australia with revue, 203-5; on comic gift, 211-13, 246; self consciousness and insecurity, 212-14, 222-7, 276-8; on gay scene and identity, 221-2, 225-6; cyclothymia (bipolarity), 224; writes and performs for Granada TV, 227-9, 238-41, 247-9; fascination with computers and technology, 232-3, 341-2, 360-1, 363, 367-70; appears in Whitbread advertisement, 234-8; debts, 234; earnings, 236-7, 359-61, 368; exuberant behaviour, 241-2; unmusicality and inability to sing, 243-4, 397-402; driving and
car ownership, 244-5, 355, 363, 407-8; rewrites film script of Gossip, 250-2; Equity membership, 256; writes book for Me and My Girl musical, 266-9, 271, 338, 342, 349, 374; plays Tempest in Alan Bennett's Forty Years On, 271-5, 295, 325, 336, 338-9, 344-6, 350; on shared habits and comedy, 278-80; desire for celebrity, 280-9; commercial voiceovers, 291-2; contributes to Listener, 299-300, 317-18, 353; Sondheim utilizes fax machine, 300-5; reviews for Tatler magazine (as Williver Hendry), 308-18; desire to please and be liked, 311; celibacy, 320, 324-5; as workaholic, 321-2; love of radio, 325-35; takes flat in Regent Square, 340; moves to house in Southgate Road, 352; film role in The Good Father, 354; political views, 356-7; extravagance and improvidence, 360-4; buys country house in Norfolk, 362-3; buys share of Dalston house, 365; in comedy duo with Hugh Laurie, 365, 391-7, 414, 424; membership of London clubs, 377-9; part in Blackadder, 381-2, 387-9; occasional interest in women, 388; visits Australia for production of Me and My Girl, 391; treated by clinical hypnotist for musical blockage, 398-400; public image, 407-9; in New York, 409-22; takes cocaine, 425
Furber, Douglas, 268
Gabbitas and Thring (scholastic agency), 31
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 330
Gale, John, 271, 273-4
Gambon, Michael, 353
Gardhouse, Ian, 329-30, 332, 334, 360
Garland, Patrick, 271, 273-4, 337, 339, 342
Garrick Club, London, 345
Garrick Theatre, London, 271, 273-4
Gascoigne, Bamber, 139
Gay News: reviews SF as Oscar Wilde, 144
Gay, Noel see Armitage, Reginald
Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID), 221
Gielgud, Sir John, 147, 272, 335
Gilbey, Mgr Alfred, 378
Globe Theatre, London, 346
Goebbels, Joseph, 57
Goldman, William, 196
Good Father, The (film), 353-5
Good Life, The (TV sitcom), 336
Goodall, Howard, 130, 259, 262
Gossip (unfinished film), 250-3, 268, 271
Granada Television, 137-8, 197-8, 210-11, 227, 231, 238-40
Grant, David, 154
Grant, Jo, 182
Gray, Dame Beryl, 46
Gray, Simon: drinking and smoking, 44-5, 50, 57; reaction to John Gordon Sinclair's lie, 48-9; interrupts SF's outdoor filming, 51-2; watches cricket, 52; death from cancer, 53; Cell Mates, 51-2; The Common Pursuit, 44, 46, 48-9; The Smoking Diaries, 50
Green, Richard Lancelyn, 49
Greenaway, Peter, 250
Greene, Graham: England Made Me, 325
Gregory, Gillian, 349
Groucho Club, London, 406
Gummer, John Selwyn, 101
Gutteridge, Jilly, 249-50
Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, Baron, 381-2
Hall, Sir Peter, 108
Hamilton, Lorraine, 234, 259, 265, 291
Hampton, Christopher, 353
Hanrahan, Brian, 328
Happy Families (TV drama series), 228, 364, 372
Hardy, Thomas, 137
Hare, David, 52
Hare, Doris, 336, 340, 351
Harris, Kim: at Cambridge with SF, 80-2, 99, 102-3, 130-4, 145, 148-9, 157, 164, 195; as SF's lover, 160, 320; on Footlights committee, 172, 177; plays Dame in The Snow Queen, 175; in Footlights sketches, 180-1; shares Chelsea flat with SF, 220; and gay scene, 227; wealth and generosity, 234; with new partner, 320; celebrates SF's 30th birthday, 424
Hart, Charles, 176
Hartell, Paul, 160
Harty, Russell, 258, 338, 351-2
Harwood, (Sir) Ronald, 52-3
Hat Trick (production company), 403-4
Have I Got News for You (TV programme), 404
Havers, Nigel, 147
Hawaii, 63
Hawthorne, Nigel, 345
Heath, (Sir) Edward, 356
Heaven's Gate (film), 145
Hemuss (prep schoolmaster), 399-400
Henry, Lenny, 392-3
Heraclitus, 84
Hewison, Robert: Monty Python: The Case Against, 71
Higgins, Anthony, 250
Higson, Charlie, 366, 394
Hill, Benny, 207, 209
Hitler, Adolf, 57, 185
Hobson, Sir Harold, 258
Hoffman, Dustin, 351
Hoffnung, Gerard, 394
Holland, Peter, 191
Holmes, Sherlock (fictional character), 19, 27, 56-7
Hopkins, Sir Anthony, 354
Hordern, Sir Michael, 254
Horovitch, David, 344, 347, 351
Horrie, Lew, 3
Howe, Geoffrey, Baron, 101
Howman, Karl, 415
Huckstep, Nigel, 160-1
Hudson, Hugh, 147, 234, 237
Huggins, Dave, 79, 115
Hugo, Victor, 56
Hytner, Nicholas, 108
Idle, Eric, 71, 121, 177
Independent (newspaper), 55-6
Ingrams, Richard, 47
Irving, George S., 416
Izzard, Eddie, 393
Jackson, Fran, 60
Jackson, Paul, 364-5, 372, 391
Jackson, Peter, 59
Jackson, Richard, 254-5
Jacobi, (Sir) Derek, 108, 135
Jagger, (Sir) Mick, 270
James, Clifton, 359
Jandl, Ernst, 157
Jarman, Derek, 249
Jarvis, Martin, 291
Jason, (Sir) David, 217, 291, 293
Jay, Tony, 345
Jayston, Michael, 291
Jensen, David 'Kid', 328
Joe Allen's (restaurant), 351
Johns, Martin, 269
Jones, Griff Rhys, 121, 180, 209, 247
Jones, Terry, 71, 129
Jongleurs, Clapham (comedy venue), 392
Jonson, Ben: Volpone, 163-4
Jorisch, Robert, 10
Joseph, Keith, Baron, 295
Joseph, Michael, 398-400
Keith, Penelope, 336
Kelly, Katie, 167-8, 172, 177, 301, 342, 353, 363, 365
Kemp-Welch, Noel, 34
Kennedy, Robert F., 184
Kenya, 109
Keynes, John Maynard, Baron, 69
Kick Up the Eighties, A (TV show), 246
Kilby, John, 219, 297
Kingdom (TV series), 63, 175
Kipling, Rudyard, 134
Kirk (school prefect), 399-400
Klaff, Jack, 332
Knight, L.C., 164
Knox, Mark, 136
Kramer, Larry: Faggots, 221
Kramer, Terry Allen, 411-14, 520-2
Lambert, Anne Louise, 250
Lamont, Norman, Baron, 101
Lane, Lupino, 265, 269
Langan, Peter, 306-7
Langham, Chris, 211
Larmour, Brigid, 97, 152, 188-90
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The (US TV programme), 276
Late Night Sherrin (radio programme), 329-30
Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester, 60
Latin! or Tobacco and Boys (play by 'Sue Denim', i.e. SF), 24, 143, 149, 152-5, 172, 249, 254-5, 258
Laurie, Hugh: in Alfresco, 20; appearance, 71; in Nightcap revue, 128, 167; meets SF in Edinburgh, 156; as President of Footlights, 166-7, 172, 177, 186-8, 190, 192-3; SF writes scripts with, 166-70, 181, 193; affinity with SF, 168-71, 179, 195; produces The Snow Queen pantomime, 168, 176; rowing, 171, 178; ambitions, 175; appetite, 178; musical abilities, 179, 248; in Memoirs of a Fox revue, 181; plays in Love's Labour's Lost, 188-9, 282; degree, 192; accepts Richard Armitage's offer for professional career, 194; displeasure at Oxford Playhouse Theatre, 195-6; wins Perrier Award for The Cellar Tapes, 199; background, 208; writes and performs for Granada TV, 210, 227-31, 239-41, 247-9; natural gifts, 213, 247-8; and televising of The Cellar Tapes, 214; Ben Elton writes for, 228; Equity membership, 256; visits Richard Armitage, 258; with Noel Gay Artists, 262; commercial voiceovers, 291-4; and The Crystal Cube (TV programme), 297; SF shares Dalston house with, 301; moderates work rate, 321; told of SF's Macintosh computer,
341; house in Kentish Town, 342; shares house in Southgate Road, 353, 363; in Kate Bush video, 355; in Happy Families, 364; buys share of Dalston house, 365; in comedy duo with SF, 365, 391-7, 402, 409, 414, 424; appears in Blackadder, 385; smoking, 422
Law, Phyllida, 344, 351
Lawrence, D.H.: Women in Love, 137
Leavis, F.R., 46-7, 49
Leavis, Queenie, 46
Leicester: Me and My Girl opens in, 346, 348
Leigh, Mike: Abigail's Party, 268
Le Keux, John: Memorials of Cambridge, 75
Lennox, Annie, 101
le Prevost, Nicholas, 211
Lerner, Alan Jay: The Street Where I Live, 268
Lester, Mark (lawyer), 138-9
Lever, Harold, Baron, 102
Levin, Bernard, 102, 419
Lewis, Clive Staples, 89, 92
Lewis, David, 153
Lewis-Smith, Victor, 332
Lindsay, Robert: in Citizen Smith, 215; takes lead in revival of Me and My Girls, 266, 338, 348; in Hamlet, 343; in US production of Me and My Girl, 409, 412-15, 418-19; and Terry Allen Kramer's behaviour, 414; wins award for Me and My Girl, 424
Linley, David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount, 338, 357-8
Listener (magazine), 299-300, 305, 317-18, 353
Live and Let Die (film), 359
Livingston, Ken, 333
Lloyd, John, 18, 207, 209, 372, 374, 383, 388-9
Lloyd-Webber, Andrew, Baron, 176
Lochhead, Liz, 211
Logan, Nick, 299
Lohan, Lindsay, 60-1
London: 1980s life, 294; gentlemen's clubs, 377-9
London Comedy Store, 208, 364, 394
Loose Ends (radio programme), 332-3
Los Angeles, 419
Luke, Peter, 106
Lyndhurst, Nicholas, 217
Lynn, Jonathan, 345
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 254
McBurney, Simon, 128, 152, 156
McCartney, Sir Paul, 401-2
McCrum, Mark, 141-3, 153-4
McCrum, Michael, 141
McCrum, Robert, 141
McGrath, Rory, 403-4
McInnerny, Tim, 237, 382, 384
Macintosh, Tony, 406
McKellen, Sir Ian, 81, 90, 108, 191, 193
McKenna, Paul, 62
MacKenney, Richard, 113-15
McNiven, Dave, 243
Madagascar, 21
Magnum Force (film), 363
Man With the Golden Gun, The (film), 359
Manchester, 227, 238
Mankowitz, Wolf: The Bespoke Overcoat, 106
Margolyes, Miriam, 354, 385
Marlowe, Christopher, 24
Marlowe, Linda, 202
Marowitz, Charles: Artaud at Rodez, 124, 127, 135
Marriott, Bill, 421
Martini Foundation, 252-3
Mason, James, 108, 184