[1] It was panned by critics, but ran until 5 September 1987,[2] transferring to the Garrick and the Duchess during the run of 6,761 performances.
The two, along with the bank's frantic chief cashier Brian Runnicles, must decide what to do with the veritable floods of pornography, photographs, books, films and eventually girls that threaten to engulf this happy couple.
The matter is considerably complicated by the presence of Eleanor (Peter's mother), Mr. Bromhead (his boss), Mr. Needham (a visiting bank inspector) and Vernon Paul (a police superintendent).
The part of Brian Runnicles was first played on the London stage by Michael Crawford, who adopted a persona similar to that of his later character, Frank Spencer, in the television sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
The Telegraph critic, John Barber, wrote of Crawford's performance: "He has an astonishing acrobatic agility and can dive through a door, or frog-leap through a serving hatch, with the alacrity of a frightened bat."