Dame Joan Collins, 91,stuns at Fawlty Towers The Play (2024)

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Dame Joan Collins was the epitome of chic as she joined the cast of Fawlty Towers The Play at London's Apollo Theatre on Wednesday.

The actress, 91, exuded glamour as she stepped out in a beige two-piece suit which she layered over an elegant cream blouse.

She added an inch to her frame as she slipped into a pair of cream open-toe sandals.

In her typical glam fashion, Joan finished her look with a brushed out perm and a ruby red lip.

After watching the iconic play, she went back stage to meet and greet each of the 18 cast members.

This is the second iconic A-list visitor the cast have enjoyed this week.

John Cleese's reclusive ex-wife Connie Booth and her second husband snuck in to see the play on Wednesday.

Connie, who co-wrote the series with John in 1974, watched the new stage show featuring Torquay's most chaotic hotel from the audience with her partner John Lahr.

The actress, 83, who played the character of long-suffering hotel maid Polly Sherman, was also spotted reminiscing over her four years playing the role.

She posed for a snap with the theatre performer Victoria Fox, who currently plays her part in the West End show.

While meeting the new cast on the theatrical set, Connie was greeted with requets for autographs and pictures.

She appeared in top spirits for her visit as she had a chat with each of the 18 cast members.

The cast members would have been surprised by the meet and greet as she has been keeping out of the limelight in recent years.

Her renowned American theatre critic husband confessed in April that she would not be giving interviews and would be keeping a low profile.

Ahead of the show's opening night in April, he told MailOnline: 'She'll be going to see it - probably not on opening night, but she'll be there.'

The American actress declined to comment about the new production, with Lahr adding: 'I understand people are interested - why wouldn't they be? Connie is not giving interviews. She doesn't generally do it anymore.'

After nearly 50 years since it first hit UK TV screens, the nostalgic performance made its debut on May, 4, at the Apollo Theatre.

It has been adapted by comedy legend John and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.

Adam Jackson-Smith stars as the inimitable Basil, Anna-Jane Casey plays the iconic Sybil and Paul Nicholas secures the role of the bumbling Major.

Connie, married comedy legend John in 1968 and the couple went on to write the TV series, which was named the greatest British sitcom of all time in a 2019 Radio Times poll.

The couple, who have a grown-up daughter Cynthia, divorced in 1978 before the second and final series of the BBC2 show was screened the following year.

Connie quit the industry in 1995 and went on to work as a psychotherapist until her retirement.

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