There's a Girl in My Soup
- Dates
- Oct 18, 1967 – Jul 27, 1968
- Performances
- 322
About
There's a Girl in My Soup is a stage comedy written by Terence Frisby. Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of a smooth-talking TV chef, Robert Danvers, who falls for a much younger woman, Marion. She leaves her hippy boyfriend, Jimmy, to live with Danvers, but eventually returns to Jimmy, leaving Danvers bereft. It opened on 30 May 1966 at the Golders Green Hippodrome and transferred soon after to the Globe Theatre. There's a Girl in My Soup ran for 6+1⁄2 years until 1973 to become the longest-running comedy in the history of the West End. The play ran at the Globe Theatre for 3+1⁄2 years, from March 1966 until 6 August 1969, when it transferred to the Comedy Theatre, opening there on 18 August 1969 and closing in 1973 after 2,547 performances. Nat Cohen was an investor in the play. It ...