The Rocky Horror Show director. Michael White was also brought in to produce "Rocky Horror". As the musical went into rehearsal, the working title for it became "They Came from Denton High", but it was changed just before previews at the suggestion of Sharman to "The Rocky Horror Show". After two previews, the show premiered—without an interval—at the Royal Court's 63-seat Theatre Upstairs on 19 June 1973, and ran until 20 July 1973. The cast included Tim Curry, who had decided that Dr Frank N. Furter shouldn't just be a queen, he should speak like the Queen of England, extravagantly posh, Patricia Quinn, Nell
The Rocky Horror Picture Show many require much time and effort to make. The film starts with the screen fading to black and oversized, disembodied female lips appear overdubbed with a male voice, establishing theme of androgyny to be repeated as the film unfolds. The opening scene and song, "Science Fiction/Double Feature", consists of the lips of Patricia Quinn (who appears in the film later as the character Magenta (in addition to the latter, appeared as 'Trixie the Usherette' in the original London production who sang the song)), but has the vocals of actor and "Rocky Horror" creator, Richard O'Brien (who appears as Magenta's brother