ELIZABETH ALONE
Written by William Trevor
Directed by Brian Parker
| Elizabeth | Barbara Ferris |
| Henry | Gawn Grainger |
| Miss Samson | Sylvia Coleridge |
| Sylvie Capper | Elizabeth Estensen |
| Lilly Drucker | Maggie Wilkinson |
| Kenneth Drucker | Simon Coady |
| Mr. Maloney | Harry Towb |
| Declan | Clem Davis |
| Mr. Bastable | Henry Stamper |
| Mr. Ring | Nigel Bennett |
| Dr. Carstairs | Rowland Davies |
| Dr. D'Arcy | Bruce Alexander |
| Mrs. Carstairs | April Walker |
| Elizabeth has just been admitted to the hospital for surgery, and while there she reflects on her life: her failed marriage, her troubles with her two daughters, and the unresolved issues with her childhood friend Henry, who may be able to provide the happiness that has always eluded her. |
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elizabeth1.wav "Off the cuff. Brilliant concept. Best thing since bacon - stuff like that." |
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elizabeth2.wav "Play it by ear, I'd rather say." |
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elizabeth3.wav "Thick as concrete, some of them are. Basically, what you have to do is to tell them what they're thinking, whether they're thinking it or not." elizabeth4.wav "Take a situation: you're standing there with some old fogey who can't tell stalk from stalk and doesn't care anyway. You reach into his deep freeze and take out someone else's cod and bread crumbs. 'Trouble with that is', you say, 'synthetic bread crumbs.'" |
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elizabeth5.wav "Never enter a store without it, Henry. House rule number one." |
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| "I don't honestly remember much about Elizabeth Alone, except that we did it in England and it was one of the first things I ever did on television. If anyone ever comes across a copy, please forgive me, I was young and didn't really know what I was doing!" |
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