Christopher Ryan Marshall in Episode 3 "Olympics" of the "Absolutely Fabulous" 20th-anniversary specials. Although his film appearances were few, he played small roles in "" (1985) and the film "Dirty Weekend" (1993), directed by Michael Winner. Ryan starred as Baron Hardup in the pantomime of Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Norwich from 17 December 2013 to 19 January 2014. Christopher Ryan Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is an English actor best known for his roles as Mike in the BBC comedy series "The Young Ones", Tony Driscoll in the BBC comedy series "Only Fools and Horses", and as Edina
Pantomime new Entertainment in Dancing after the manner of the Antient Pantomimes". The same year he produced a pantomime on the subject of "Perseus and Andromeda". After this, pantomime was regular feature at Drury Lane. In 1717 at Lincoln's Inn, actor and manager John Rich introduced Harlequin into the theatres' pantomimes under the name of "Lun" (for "lunatic"). He gained great popularity for his pantomimes, especially beginning with his 1724 production of "The Necromancer; or, History of Dr. Faustus". These early pantomimes were silent, or "dumb show", performances consisting of only dancing and gestures. Spoken drama was allowed in London only