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"Play for Today" Hard Labour (1973)
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"Play for Today" (1970)Original Air Date:
12 March 1973 (Season 3, Episode 20)Plot Keywords:
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Another masterful study of the small moments in life. moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Liz Smith | ... | Mrs. Thornley |
| Clifford Kershaw | ... | Jim Thornley |
| Polly Hemingway | ... | Ann |
 | Bernard Hill | ... | Edward |
| Alison Steadman | ... | Veronica |
| Vanessa Harris | ... | Mrs. Stone |
| Cyril Varley | ... | Mr. Stone |
| Linda Beckett | ... | Julie |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Naseem |
| Alan Erasmus | ... | Barry |
| Rowena Parr | ... | June |
| June Whitaker | ... | Mrs. Rigby |
| Paula Tilbrook | ... | Mrs. Thornley's friend |
| Keith Washington | ... | Mr. Shaw |
| Louis Raynes | ... | Tallyman |
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Like most of Leigh's early works this is all about watching the details of ordinary life. The "plot" as such revolves around a woman (Smith) and the suffering she goes through every day without taking any notice. She bears her hard life impassively and has most likely known nothing else. She is treated miserably by her family and her employer and accepts it as her lot in life as millions of working class women have before her. The ensemble cast is brilliant (watch for a very young Ben Kingsley in a sweet role as a cab driver) and I was particularly impressed with Kershaw's role as the hopeless wreck of a husband.