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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Daphne and Doris
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'DAPHNE: About 40. Tall, plump, shapely. Sweet, weak personality - easily influenced by a person like her friend Doris.

'DORIS: About 45. (Must be a little older than Daphne) Slim, wiry - noticeably shorter than Daphne. A strong, decisive character. Having made a decision - nothing will shake her. Is prepared to induce someone else to commit a murder from which she herself will reap financial benefit.

'ALFRED: Late sixties - thin, weak - with bad heart - but despite his age and physical disability, still very enthusiastic about sex. A miser by nature.

'RUTH: Elderly - a little younger than Alfred. Has long been in love with Alfred who jilted her in favour of younger, more voluptuous Daphne.

'VALERIE HILLIS: About 20. Attractive - looks and sounds like a street walker; but has a chastity complex.

'LORNA FOSTER: About same age as Valerie - well mannered, well educated, cries easily. She is the opposite of Valerie, although she doesn't look like a tramp, she is one. A sentimental tramp - falls in love with every man. (When she loses her temper, her inner self surfaces. Becomes loud and loses her good manners.)

'KEN THORNTON: Early 20's - tough 'alley playboy' with tattoos on his arms. Indifferent to people and the world (not cynical) Has a sense of humour.

[Note: the inverted commas around 'alley playboy' have been added in black ink.]

'SUE (RECEPTIONIST): Kind, sensitive, warm-hearted girl - early 30's.

'EVANS: A young detective.

'PRIEST:

'2 GRAVEDIGGERS:

'TAXI DRIVER: ACTUAL.

'LADY MOURNER:

'GENTLEMAN MOURNER:

'MAN: EXTRA.'

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Note: Storey notes that Emanuel was the director and Miller the film director.
      1970 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 85p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is marked 'Episode LM' on the cover page. '273' has been added in black ink. According to the notation in the top right-hand corner of the cover page, this is the director’s script. The director’s name is not given.
      • The script is heavily annotated in a number of different inks: blue felt pen, red felt pen, blue ink, black ink, and pencil. The blue and red felt pen annotations are primarily directorial cues (for example, 'ACTION' in blue felt pen on page 1). Some alterations to the dialogue are in blue felt pen (see, for example, page 3, where almost every line of dialogue is crossed out in blue felt pen). The blue and black ink annotations are alterations to the dialogue and sketches showing the blocking of some scenes. The pencil annotations show alterations to and deletion of dialogue.
      • The final page includes a list of crew credits:
        Written by Luis Bayonas.
        Edited by Phil Freedman.
        Typed by Hilary Burgess, Shirley Ballard, Jenny Barty, Christine Brown.
        Checked by Hilary Burgess, Shirley Ballard, Jenny Barty, Christine Brown.
        Duplicated by Dennis Ingham.
        There is a space following this for 'Producer's Remarks', but it has been left blank.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC HOM : 273
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