When Orson Welles was playing Lear and injured both his ankles, he simply played the role in a wheelchair.
When the costumes didn't arrive for a scene in his film of Othello, he just got towels and set the scene in a steam bath.
Half a Sixpence
John Cleese and Terry Gilliam met while appearing in a West End production of the musical Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele. It was in the same production that Cleese met his future wife Connie Booth. The book for Half a Sixpence was written by Beverley Cross, later married to Maggie Smith.
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