A charming, quiet, unusual little story included in the "All for love" compendium on Masterpiece Theatre. A middle-aged woman (played beautifully by Richie) has taken care of her overbearing, opinionated mother (Laye, in real life a dance hall performer in the early 1900s) for years. Now the mother has died and left her daughter a tidy sum. She takes in a boarder, an eccentric older man (Whitrow), and is torn between her desire for freedom and her mother's 'voice' fueling her fears and suspicions about the man. The climax of the story is wonderfully odd and funny. It's a quiet thoughtful story, way better than most TV stories. Well worth the viewing if you can find it, which I haven't after losing my old video of it taped off-air years ago.
2 Reviews
Superb Acting
pwdavies-112 January 2012
I remember watching this back in the early 80's.
The previous review says it all. I'm just hoping that I can locate a copy of this episode to watch again.Please let me know if you have, or can get it.
I particularly remember the conversations between Mother and Daughter regarding the suitability of Mr. Curry.
Daughter Esme's repression is vividly displayed but fortunately not prolonged as it would no doubt have been if Mother had been alive.
The concluding revelation of Mr. Curry's profession, and Esme's reaction to it, is sublime.
Well worth watching.
The previous review says it all. I'm just hoping that I can locate a copy of this episode to watch again.Please let me know if you have, or can get it.
I particularly remember the conversations between Mother and Daughter regarding the suitability of Mr. Curry.
Daughter Esme's repression is vividly displayed but fortunately not prolonged as it would no doubt have been if Mother had been alive.
The concluding revelation of Mr. Curry's profession, and Esme's reaction to it, is sublime.
Well worth watching.
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