A Touch of the Casanovas aired as a one-off special on ITV on New Year’s Eve 1975 and was initially intended as a forerunner to a series.
Howerd himself had the original idea for the show and played Casanova’s body servant, Fransisco, who swaps places with his master – the world’s greatest lover – when the going gets too hot as Casanova (Stuart Damon) finds himself on the run from the Doge of Venice who wants the notorious lover for espionage, sedition, adultery, blasphemy, necromancy, bankruptcy, illegal gambling and non-payment of debts.
Patsy Rowlands played Clementina, the wife of Bartoldi, the innkeeper (John Cater).
A Touch of the Casanovas was written by Sid Colin and Hugh Stuckey. A series did not eventuate.
Fransisco
Frankie Howerd Giacomo Casanova
Stuart Damon Isabella
Marguerite Hardiman Clementina
Patsy Rowlands Bartoldi
John Cater Captain of the Guard
Leon Greene Teresa
Madeline Smith Count Pelligrini
Roger Brierley Countess Pelligrini
Patricia Haines Count Malatesta
Cyril Appleton
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Howerd himself had the original idea for the show and played Casanova’s body servant, Fransisco, who swaps places with his master – the world’s greatest lover – when the going gets too hot as Casanova (Stuart Damon) finds himself on the run from the Doge of Venice who wants the notorious lover for espionage, sedition, adultery, blasphemy, necromancy, bankruptcy, illegal gambling and non-payment of debts.
