Show Must Go off, The
- Synopsis
- American sitcom. Derek Jacobi guest stars as an over-the-hill actor (Jackson Headley) whose career is now typecast playing Tobor (robot spelt backwards), an android character in a television series ‘Space Patrol’. Frasier recalls Jackson’s greater days as a Shakespearean actor "he did a one-man show of soliloquies and began my love affair with the bard". Niles and Frasier underwrite his disastrous and hilarious comeback in a Seattle production of Hamlet.
- Series
- Frasier
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 6 Feb 2001 at 21:00 (Channel: NBC)
- Duration
- 25 mins
Credits
- Director
- Robert E. Egan
- Writer
- Mark Reisman
- Cast
Derek Jacobi Jackson Headley (Hamlet) David Hyde Pierce Dr Niles Crane John Mahoney Martin Crane Kelsey Grammer Dr Frasier Crane Patrick Macnee Cecil Headley Peri Gilpin Roz Doyle
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sitcoms/Variety
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Available on DVD from retailers within FRASIER-THE COMPLETE EIGHTH SEASON.
- History
- THE SHOW MUST GO OFF was shown as episode 12 in the eighth season; episode 177 overall. The episode was first shown on UK terrestrial television on Channel 4 (2 April 2004) and the BUFVC off-air recording is from this transmission.
- Awards
- Derek Jacobi won an Emmy in 2001 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in this episode.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Show Must Go off, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36752 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)