Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971 · Ted Kotcheff · 90 min
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.
Patricia HayesEdna
Barbara JeffordJosie, of 'Jesus Saves'Geraldine ShermanTrudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Cheryl HallVangi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda DowieMother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'Denis CareyDoctor, at The SpikeTalfryn ThomasTramp
June WatsonAttendant, at The Spike
Kate WilliamsTeresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'Peggy AitchisonLil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Vivian MacKerrellTrampJohn TriggerGraham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'Amelia BayntunJessie, a Tramp
Malcolm TerrisPsychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
