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Max Handley

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Max Handley (1945–1990) was a British comedy writer. He worked on Radio Four's Week Ending and other programmes often with Tony Allen.[1] In 1988 he wrote the script for the comedy musical Quasimodo with music by Richard Rowland.[2] Between 1971 and 1974 he recorded songs at Richard Branson's Manor Studio and these were issued in 1974 on an LP, titled "Max", on Virgin's budget Caroline label imprint. A single, "Stephanie" (B-side "All I Know"), was taken from the LP and released on the Virgin label proper (as was normal for those Caroline artists that got to release singles). The album and single were credited to "Max" with the surname dropped. The Virgin label connection came about because Handley had been on the production team for Richard Branson's "Student" magazine.

References

  1. ^ London Charivari Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor - 1988 - Volume 295 - Page 201 "QUASIMODO (Pleasance) looks a good bet. Written by Max Handley, of Radio Four's Week Ending and elsewhere, it stars the incredibly talented and criminally under-used Paul B. Davies, Eithne Hannigan-the dynamite fiddle player from ..."
  2. ^ London Theatre Record -1988 Volume 8 16 à 26 - Page 1222 QUASIMODO! "At times the laughter and pathos — like Max Handley's script and Richard Rowland's music — mesh uncomfortably, but the .."