Grief

Grief

Grief

Grief

Grief

Overview

1957. War widow Dorothy lives in a London suburb with her 15-year-old daughter Victoria and her older bachelor brother Edwin. More and more isolated from her married friends with their successful children, Dorothy tries to cope with Victoria's increasingly hostile behaviour.

 

But is she doing her best, as she thinks, or is she in fact responsible for what threatens to become an unendurable situation?

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, at Camberwell and Central Art Schools in London, and at the London Film School. He has written and directed over twenty stage plays. These include Babies Grow Old (1974), Abigail's Party (1977), Ecstasy (1979), Goose ...
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