Pleasure at Her Majestys

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majestys pleasure the show was performed at Her Majestys Theatre London This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policemans Ball series of shows that it inspired although it predated the first show in the series by three years The event was organized by a team of three Monty Python member John Cleese Amnestys Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis It featured the cream of Britains comedic talent of the era setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas