Lesley Joseph Seven Dwarfs" at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Joseph then portrayed Frau Blucher in the West End production of "Young Frankenstein". From 1989 to 1998, Joseph played Dorien Green in the sitcom "Birds of a Feather" which, at the time, aired on the BBC In December 2011, it was confirmed that Joseph would reunite with fellow "Birds of a Feather" cast members, Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke, for a theatre adaptation of the series. The trio toured the United Kingdom from May to July 2012. A new series of "Birds of a Feather" was filmed after the rights had been acquired
Sitcom The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. During filming productions, the laugh track is usually prerecorded. The terms "situational comedy" or "sitcom" were not commonly used until the 1950s. There were prior examples on radio, but the first television sitcom is said to be "Pinwright's Progress", ten episodes being broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom between 1946 and 1947. In the United States, director and producer William Asher has been credited with being the "man who invented the sitcom", having directed over two dozen of the