A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father is an autobiographical play by John Mortimer, later adapted for television.

Mortimer then adapted it for the stage, and it appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971 with Alec Guinness as the father and Jeremy Brett as the son.

Mortimer later (1982) turned the play back into a film for television (produced by Thames Television for ITV) in which Laurence Olivier played the father, Alan Bates the son, Elizabeth Sellars the mother and Jane Asher Elizabeth.

This production was notable for including blind actor Esmond Knight in a sighted role, as a judge whom Mortimer senior faces.

In June 2006, the play was revived at the Donmar Warehouse with Derek Jacobi and Dominic Rowan; it transferred to Wyndham's Theatre in September.