Norman Beaton in London's West End. In 1970 he played the role of Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest", which he described in his autobiography as "the most important role of my acting career", and also played a small role in the Frankie Howerd comedy film "Up the Chastity Belt" the following year. In 1975, he helped to establish the Black Theatre of Brixton. In 1975 Beaton played Nanki-Poo in "The Black Mikado", a modern version of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado". In 1976, Beaton broke into television in the series "The Fosters", which also featured a young Lenny Henry, and the following
Robert Lindsay (actor) roles in British films such as "That'll Be The Day" (1973), "Three for All" (1975), and "Adventures of a Taxi Driver" (1976). He came to prominence as the cockney layabout Jakey Smith in the ITV comedy series "Get Some In!" (1975–1977) and was given the starring role as delusional revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom "Citizen Smith" (1977–1980), which raised his profile. Towards the end of the run of "Citizen Smith", Lindsay won roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare series, including Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1981), Fabian in "Twelfth Night" (1980) and Benedick in "Much Ado About