Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
Directed by Chris Shepherd
Produced by Abigail Addison
Written by Joe Orton adapted by Chris Shepherd
Starring Alison Steadman
Robin Sebastian
Distributed by Polkadot Productions Limited, University Of Leicester
Release date
  • 9 July 2017 (2017-07-09) (Little Theatre Leicester)
Running time
 5 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) is a 5-minute animated comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Abigail Addison. First screened at The Little Theatre on the BBC on 9 August 2017 as a part of a Orton tribute to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. The night is the culmination of a project created by Dr Emma Parker and Chris Shepherd for the University Of Leicester and Arts Council England. Chris and Emma commissioned writers to write new Edna Welthorpe letters. Writers included Jake Arnott, Alec Baldwin, Phil Bowker, Jesse Armstrong, Dr Emma Parker, Arthur Mathews, Caroline Moran, David Quantick, John-Luke Roberts, Chris Shepherd, Matthew Sweet (writer). The new letters were first read live by Robin Ince and John-Luke Roberts at Latitude.

The film is voiced by Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey, Abigail's Party) and Robin Sebastian (Hancock's Half Hour, Babs). Joe Orton wrote 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's Jams and Littlewoods home catalogue service.

A Polkadot Production for University Of Leicester and Arts Council England.


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