Edna: The Inebriate Woman
90 mins
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.
Geraldine Sherman
Trudi, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Denis Carey
Doctor, at The Spike
Talfryn Thomas
Tramp
Peggy Aitchison
Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
John Trigger
Graham, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Amelia Bayntun
Jessie, a Tramp
Jo Maxwell Muller
Nina, Young GIrl, in Psychiatric Hospital
Rex Rashley
Old Man, at The Spike
Douglas Ditta
Social Security Clerk
Enys Box
Attendant in Canteen
Chris Gannon
Tramp
Pat Nye
Irene at Common Lodging House
Marie Conmee
Paddy at Common Lodging House
Jenny Logan
Doris, on the Road
Elaine Mitchell
Social Security Official
Jumoke Debayo
Staff Nurse, 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
