[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.
[6] The show was directed by Bob Chetwyn and the first cast featured Donald Sinden, Barbara Ferris, Jon Pertwee and Clive Francis.
During the tour Andrew was played by Laurence Payne and John Hart Dyke and Marion was portrayed by Katy Manning and Anne Aston.
[8] The show transferred to Broadway with Gig Young in the main role, where it also enjoyed success, but not on the same level as in the West End.
It was later made into a film with Goldie Hawn and Peter Sellers, directed by Roy Boulting, for which Frisby won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Screenplay in 1970.