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Nov 22, 2017 · Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe, Mrs: Directed by Chris Shepherd. With Robin Sebastian, Alison Steadman. An animated tribute to Joe Orton marking the 50th anniversary of his death.
- (39)
- Animation, Short
- Chris Shepherd
- 2017-11-22
chris shepherd. Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) Multi award winning and BAFTA nominated director Chris Shepherd (Dad's Dead, The Ringer) directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Voiced by Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey, Abigail's Party) and Robin ...
They commissioned acclaimed writers and artists to pay tribute to Orton’s subversive comic genius by writing new Edna Welthorpe letters. They also launched a creative writing competition to teach young people about Joe Orton and satire. The film was screened and the letters were read at Latitude Festival and at a special event at The Little ...
Nov 22, 2017 · Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs): A tribute to Joe Orton. Playwright Joe Orton used to write spoof letters of complaint under the pseudonym Edna Welthorpe - winding up companies, vicars and ...
Chris Shepherd directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Joe Orton would write letters of complaint using the pseudonym of Edna Welthorpe. Using this persona, Orton would wind up companies, vicars and even ridicule his own plays. In this short we see what mayhem ensues when Edna writes to Smedley Jams and ...
- (216)
- University of Leicester, Polkadot Productions
- Chris Shepherd
Released , 'Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)' stars Alison Steadman, Robin Sebastian The movie has a runtime of about 5 min, and received a user score of 80 (out of 100) on TMDb, which ...
Playwright Joe Orton used to write spoof letters of complaint under the pseudonym Edna Welthorpe - winding up companies, vicars and even ridiculing his...
- 5 min
- 37.4K
- BBC Culture
