Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 21, 1971Release Date
Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 21, 1971Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Patricia Hayes
Edna
Barbara Jefford
Josie, of 'Jesus Saves'
Geraldine Sherman
Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl Hall
Vangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Roger Hammond
Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Jeremy Sandford
Writer
Denis Carey
Doctor, at The Spike
Talfryn Thomas
Tramp
Irene Shubik
Producer
Peter Bartlett
Cinematographer
Peter Bartlett
Cinematographer
June Watson
Attendant, at The Spike
Kate Williams
Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Peter Coulson
Editor
Peggy Aitchison
Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Evan Hercules
ProductionDesigner
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
Walter Sparrow
Common Lodging House Proprietor
Jerry Verno
Old Man, at The Spike
Rex Rashley
Old Man, at The Spike
Douglas Ditta
Social Security Clerk
Enys Box
Attendant in Canteen
Chris Gannon
Tramp
Charles Farrell
Tramp
Pat Nye
Irene at Common Lodging House
Marie Conmee
Paddy at Common Lodging House
Jenny Logan
Doris, on the Road
Anthony Dawes
Man in Car
Elaine Mitchell
Social Security Official
John Hussey
Psychiatrist
Jumoke Debayo
Staff Nurse, in Psychiatric Hospital
Keith Marsh
Porter, in Psychiatric Hospital
Eamonn Boyce
Proprietor of Lodging House
James Cairncross
Rogo at Charitable Institution
Virginia Snyders
Bed Ticket Proprietor
Alex Marshall
Social Security Clerk
June Brown
Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Details.
Wiki.
"Edna, the Inebriate Woman" is the second episode of second season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 21 October 1971. "Edna, the Inebriate Woman" was written by Jeremy Sandford, directed by Ted Kotcheff, produced by Irene Shubik, and starred Patricia Hayes.
The hard-hitting reality was in the British TV tradition of productions such as Cathy Come Home, and led to a degree of public and political debate on the issues it raised. Edna may now be described as a "bag lady" and a chronic alcoholic.