Playwright and screenwriter who created Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em in the 1970s
April 2022
What a calamity! Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em turned a bit of trouble into comic bliss
As the hapless Frank Spencer, Michael Crawford brought a light touch to the classic 70s sitcom but the stage version with a game Joe Pasquale feels creakier
June 2016
The Go-Between review – Michael Crawford time-travels through song
This evocative chamber piece, based on LP Hartley’s 1953 coming-of-age novel, is done with taste and style but never quite soars
February 2011
Billy no-mates
Letters: Also, it may have launched Michael Crawford's musical theatre career, but it came after Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Crawford's Billy Liar was pure Frank Spencer
September 2010
The Fiver
Electrifying; and Michael Crawford
How the Children's Film Foundation once dominated Saturday morning cinema
September 2004
Blood and gut
Theatre: Susannah Clapp on Hecuba | The Woman in White | Bone
