Edna The Inebriate Woman

by Jeremy Sandford

Edna the Inebriate Woman was written when Jeremy Sandford, whose documentary Cathy Come Home had focused public attention on the plight of homeless families, decided to study the equally grave problems faced by Britain's thousands of single homeless people. The author follows Edna on her continuous journey through town and country and shows us at first hand the shortcomings and sheer absurdities of a society whose response to Edna's predicament is insensitive, inappropriate and expensive. Sandford's own anger and impatience with our reluctance to help those who wander through the twilight world at the bottom of society is infectious.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Jeremy Sandford was an English television screenwriter, educated at Eton and Oxford, and a Royal Air Force bandsman during National Service.

He married heiress Nell Dunn in 1957 and they gave up their smart Chelsea home and went to live in unfashionable Battersea where they joined and observed the lower strata of society.

Reviews

[Bettie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Description: Edna is a drunk, and a homeless one. The play follows her through the streets, the police station, the psychiatric ward and a hostel, which for a while looks like it may become somewhere she can stay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYK32...