-
bearing Latinised names suggestive of
their character.
Howerd is the
slave Lurcio (pronounced Lurk-io); his
bumbling old
master Ludicrus ****tus (Max Adrian...
- the
British box
office that year. He
would play
versions of the
character Lurcio in Up the
Chastity Belt (Lurkalot), also in 1971, and Up the
Front (Boot...
-
first appeared in the
British television sitcom Up Pompeii! (1969–1975).
Lurcio becomes the
inadvertent possessor of a
scroll bearing all the
names of the...
- of self-praise (596–812) may come from
another play; and the
scene with
Lurcio,
which is not well
integrated into the story, is also
thought to be an addition...
-
Actor Role
Frankie Howerd Lurcio,
slave to the ****tus
family Max
Adrian Senator Ludricus ****tus
Elizabeth Larner Ammonia ****tus, wife of
Ludricus Kerry...
- Voluptua, and Tim Brooke-Taylor as
Captain Trecherus. The lead role of
Lurcio was pla**** in the
manner of
Frankie Howerd by
David Benson, who had previously...
- in the
Middle Ages). The plot
concerns Lurk (a
descendant of the
slave Lurcio in Up Pompeii), a
coward who is
hypnotised into bravery.
During the First...
- cover, "acts as a
batman to a
group of officers". Like the
character of
Lurcio in the po****r Up Pompeii!, he is ****-bent on
avoiding work and gets into...
-
Damian Williams, host of Sky One's Are You
Smarter Than A Ten Year Old?, as
Lurcio the slave. An
acting edition of the play was
published by
Josef Weinberger...
