Up the Chastity Belt
Frankie Howerd is the Funniest Knight of the Year!
A bawdy, lighthearted medieval spoof built entirely on wordplay, innuendo, and slapstick comedy with no pretense beyond entertainment.
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
Essence
Ensemble
Frankie Howerd
Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart
Graham Crowden
Sir Coward de Custard
Bill Fraser
Sir Braggart de Bombast
Roy Hudd
Nick the Pick
Hugh Paddick
Robin Hood
Anna Quayle
Lady Ashfodel
Fred Emney
Mortimer
Dave King
Landlord of The Blue Boar
Lance Percival
Our Man in the Holy Land
Nora Swinburne
Mistress of the Bed Chamber
Godfrey Winn
The Archbishop Of All England
Eartha Kitt
Scheherazade
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