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The Love Ban
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Wikipedia article
'The Love Ban' is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman and Milo O'Shea. It was based on a play by Kevin Laffan. It is also known under the alternative titles of 'It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World' and 'Anyone for Sex?'
It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Anthony Pratt.
Plot summary
A married couple with six children experience marital difficulties. Wife Kate refuses to sleep with husband Mick until he uses birth control, while their live-in au-pair falls pregnant.
Cast
* Hywel Bennett as Mick Goonahan
* Nanette Newman as Kate Goonahan
* Milo O'Shea as Father Andrew
* Angharad Rees as Jackie
* Nicky Henson as Baker
* Georgina Hale as Joyce
* Madeline Smith as Miss Partridge
* Peter Barkworth as Bra Factory Director
* John Cleese as Contraceptives Lecturer
* Marianne Stone as Customer In Chemists
* Nina Baden-Semper as Skyline Waitress
* Cheryl Hall as Pregnant Woman
* Jacki Piper as Pregnant Woman
* David Howey as Barber
* Tommy Godfrey as Barber
* James Leith as Policeman
* Tony Haygarth as Policeman
Production
The film was based on a 1969 play by Kevin Laffan, 'It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World'. Laffan was one of 14 children from a devout Roman Catholic family and his critical view on the Church's stance on birth control was a recurring theme of his work. The play starred Prunella Scales in a production at the Bristol Old Vic, and was a hit, moving to the Wyndham's Theatre.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1425635/Kevin-Laffan.html Kevin Laffan obituary] at The Telegraph[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-laffan-122891.html Kevin Laffan obituary] at 'The Independent'THEATRE: A popular giant
Bryden, Ronald. The Observer (1901- 2003) [London (UK)] 07 Dec 1969: 40D.
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