Edith Evans – MRQE

A Doll’s House (1973/I)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out, and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But, when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband’s esteem.

David Copperfield (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens’ classic novel, turns Dickens’ picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.

Nasty Habits

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile, young Cinderella finds life drastically altered with her father’s death as she’s forced to be a servant in her own house. But a cheery fairy godmother helps her with her impossible tasks, and even gets her to take an evening out at the King’s bride-fin

Craze

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers up human sacrifice.

Scrooge

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Prudence and the Pill

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence’s husband Gerald, or all of the above?

Fitzwilly

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Miss Vicki’s father dies, she becomes the world’s greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki’s standard of living.

The Whisperers

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.

Young Cassidy

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.