Edna: The Inebriate Woman

  • TV Movie
  • Drama
10/21/1971
90

Storyline

A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.

Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Writer:
Jeremy Sandford

      Cast

      • Patricia Hayes
        Edna
      • Barbara Jefford
        Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
      • Geraldine Sherman
        Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Cheryl Hall
        Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Freda Dowie
        Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Roger Hammond
        Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Denis Carey
        Doctor, at The Spike
      • Talfryn Thomas
        Tramp
      • June Watson
        Attendant, at The Spike
      • Kate Williams
        Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Peggy Aitchison
        Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Vivian MacKerrell
        Tramp
      • John Trigger
        Graham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
      • Amelia Bayntun
        Jessie, a Tramp
      • Malcolm Terris
        Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
      • Jo Maxwell Muller
        Nina, Young GIrl, in Psychiatric Hospital
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