The Fry Chronicles (59 page)

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, Götz,
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