Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)
Overview
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.
Cast
Patricia Hayes
Edna
Barbara Jefford
Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl Hall
Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger Hammond
Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
June Watson
Attendant, at The Spike
Kate Williams
Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Vivian MacKerrell
Tramp
Malcolm Terris
Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
Walter Sparrow
Common Lodging House Proprietor
Jerry Verno
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