No Room at the Inn
No Room at the Inn is a 1945 play by Joan Temple that became a 1948 film directed by Daniel Birt. Both play and film are presented in flashback mode and share the same subject matter cruelty, neglect and mental and physical abuse meted out to evacuee children during World War II. Temples attack on those who turn a blind eye to child abuse, be they public officials or private individuals, was considered frank and uncompromising in its time.
Temples original title was Weep for Tomorrow, but this was changed before the play went into production. In her stage directions, Temple offered the following description of the central figure, Mrs Voray She is about 40, and her black hair, lately permed, hangs in curls about her shoulders, making her look rather older than she wishes to appear. Her face is clumsily madeup. She is fond of glassylooking satin blouses in crude colours ... A cigarette hangs from her lips.Directed by Anthony Hawtrey, No Room at the Inn opened at the Embassy Theatre in north London onJuly 1945, with Freda Jackson, Ursula Howells, Joan Dowling and Ruth Dunning heading a cast of 14. The stage set for the production represented the livingroom of a small house in a safe area and was created by the Embassys resident designer Henry Bird, who was also Jacksons husband. ........
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