Daphne Laureola

Overview

Lady Pitts is a middle-aged, Newnham-educated lady who was once director of a biscuit factory by day while running a shelter for prostitutes by night. Ernest is a young Polish student who meets Lady Pitts one evening when she is alone and very drunk in a Soho restaurant. Ernest decides to worship this mysterious lady as Dante worshipped Beatrice. But Lady Pitts is a wayward, though determined, woman.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Joan Plowright

Lady Pitts

Arthur Lowe

Gooch

Grégoire Aslan

George

Clive Arrindell

Ernst

Laurence Olivier

Sir Joseph

Michael Cochrane

Bill