Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)

Director: Ted Kotcheff

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'

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'