Kenneth Williams Over The Eight" at the Duke of York's Theatre, with Sheila Hancock. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in a production of Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" at the Cambridge Theatre, in 1971. In 1972, Williams starred opposite Jennie Linden in "My Fat Friend" at the West End's Globe Theatre. Williams worked regularly in British film during the late 1950s, '60s and '70s, mainly in the "Carry On" series (1958–78) with its double entendre humour; and appearing in the series more than any other actor. The films were commercially successful but Williams and the cast were apparently poorly paid. In his diaries,
What a Carve Up! (novel) becomes reclusive, staying in his London flat watching videotapes of old films – in particular the 1961 British comedy "What a Carve Up!" starring Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton and Sid James. He emerges back into society, and resumes his interest in the project, following a visit from a neighbour, Fiona, seeking sponsorship for a 40-mile bicycle ride. The novel focuses by turns on the various figures in the Winshaw family: the lazy, hypocritical, populist tabloid newspaper columnist Hilary, the ambitious and ruthless career politician Henry, the brutal chicken and pork farmer Dorothy, the predatory art-gallery owner and art dealer Roderick