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Reclusive Connie Booth will 'sneak in' to watch the Fawlty Towers stage show when it launches in the West End after getting a writing credit from ex-husband John Cleese: 'She likes to keep a low profile these days'


Connie, who co-wrote the series with the Basil Fawlty star, is planning to sneak in to watch the brand new stage show featuring Torquay's most chaotic hotel with other members of the audience.

John Cleese ’s ex-wife Connie Booth says she is ‘looking forward’ to a new stage production of the iconic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers - but will be keeping a low profile when it launches in the West End. Connie, who co-wrote the series with the Basil Fawlty star, is planning to sneak in to watch the brand new stage show featuring Torquay’s most chaotic hotel with other members of the audience. She lives quietly in a £2.5 million terraced home in north London with second husband, a former acclaimed critic for The New Yorker and son of American actor Bert Lahr who played the Cowardly Lion in the iconic Hollywood movie The Wizard of Oz.

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