4. The Critic (1982)
Foppish, would-be playwright-critic Mr Puff invites his literary-minded associates to a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he's written a hit.
Release date: 1982-08-23
Season number: 15
Episode number: 4
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Richard B. Sheridan
Guest stars
Hywel Bennett
as Mr King / Mr Puff
John Gielgud
as Lord Burleigh
Nigel Hawthorne
as Mr Sneer
Rosemary Leach
as Mrs Dangle
Norman Rodway
as Mr Dangle
Alan Badel
as Sir Fretful Plagiary
Anna Massey
as Tilburina
Rodney Bewes
as Constable
Christopher Biggins
as Interpreter
John Woodnutt
as Earl of Leicester
Clive Francis
as Mr Sheridan
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John Ringham - Sir Christopher Hatton