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Jun 21, 2023 · Richard O’Brien has revealed that the inspiration for his most famous creation — Dr. Frank N. Furter, the “sweet transvestite” mad scientist played by Tim Curry in the 1975 cult classic The...
Jun 19, 2023 · Richard O’Brien as Riff Raff, Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter and Patricia Quinn as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 20th Century Fox. The audience participation that Rocky Horror...
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Richard's family moved to Tauranga, New Zealand, in 1951 when his father, an accountant, decided to become a sheep farmer. Watching horror and science-fiction double features in nearby Hamilton, O'Brien added an interest in acting to his love of rock and roll. He moved back to England in 1964, tried singing, then became a movie stuntman and fringe ...
Working again with Sharman on a production of Sam Shepard's "The Unseen Hand", O'Brien mentioned a new rock musical he'd been writing called "Rock Horroar." The play went into rehearsals as "They Came from Denton High," and at Sharman's suggestion, was retitled "The Rocky Horror Show" before opening in June 1973. The play became a film in 1975 call...
He continued writing musicals with Richard Hartleylike T. Zee (1976), Disaster (1978), The Stripper (1982), and Top People (1984). They both provided three songs for the film The Return of Captain Invincible (1983). O'Brien wrote his one-man revue Disgracefully Yours (1985) singing as Mephistopheles Smith. He also appeared in Jubilee (1977), Flash ...
Carry On Cowboy (1965) – RiderZee and Co. (1971)Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Riff RaffJul 7, 2015 · (Jeremy Story Carter, ABC RN) Forty years after The Rocky Horror Picture Show first bewildered and delighted cinemagoers the world over, Books and Arts sits down with its creator, Richard O'Brien ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Feb 02, 2024. Share Liam Rudden - Must See Theatre. It was great when it all began and five decades on it’s still going strong, yes Richard O’Brien’s musical homage to the B movies of his youth might now be turning 51-years-old but it is still as raunchy and racey as ever.
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Oct 10, 2023 · Richard O'Brien is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer. He wrote the musical The Rocky Horror Show and also co-wrote the screenplay of the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He originated the role of Riff Raff (A Handyman) in the Original London Cast production
Apr 24, 2023 · The Rocky Horror Show opened for the first time in the Theatre Upstairs at London’s Royal Court Theatre in June 1973, with Tim Curry in the lead role as “sweet transvestite” Dr Frank-N-Furter and O’Brien playing his hunchbacked servant Riff Raff. The stage show is currently on tour across the UK to mark its anniversary.
