The ebullient and engaging West End producer Paul Elliott, who has died aged 84, was one of a group of young producers who emerged at the end of the 1960s, encouraged by their predecessors and mentors such as Peter Bridge, John Gale and Michael Codron.
Other young pretenders were Cameron Mackintosh, Bill Kenwright and Duncan Weldon. The last of these teamed with Elliott in 1970 to produce a superb West End debut (originating at the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) with JB Priestley’s When We Are Married at the Strand (now the Novello) starring Peggy Mount and the veteran, very large comedian Fred Emney as the bibulous photographer.
