The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of late-middle-age morality plays, William Trevor.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Philip SavilleDirector
- William TrevorWriter
Cast
- Maureen PryorMrs. Digby-Hunter
- Peter JeffreyMajor Digby-Hunter
- William ReltonWraggett
- Roger HammondMr. Bagley
- Martin BoddeySgt. Wall
- Susannah WilliamsDympna
- Susan PenhaligonBarbara
- Simon Gipps-KentMarshalsea
- Phillada SewellLady Archdale
- George BelbinSir Edwin Archdale
- Alethea CharltonMiss Rone
- Charles SimonDr. Smollett