Queen of Hearts (TV play)
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Queen of Hearts was a play, directed by Tim King and produced by Brenda Reid,, that was shown on BBC2 television on Sunday 11th August 1985, repeated 28 August 1985 .
as Ann Drury , a bored, frustrated, but attractive middle-class housewife living in an area where prostitution
had begun to arouse comment. Two factors encouraged Mrs Drury briefly to try out being a prostitute herself: an admission by her husband (Paul Jesson
) that he himself had once consorted with a call girl and her trying on some black lingerie belonging to her teenaged daughter (Dominique Barnes) while she was alone in the house. Her experience with a client gave her a fresh sense of her sexuality, though her husband’s rather underwhelmed response when she sought to entice him with lace underwear and stockings had the effect of returning her to her previous rather staid existence.
The content of Queen of Hearts provoked a certain amount of comment at the time , but the play has not been repeated on television, nor released on video.
Content
Queen of Hearts starred Shakespearean actress Lorna HeilbronLorna Heilbron
Lorna Heilbron is a Scottish actress born on the 8 June 1948 in Glasgow.She appeared in television series such as Ace of Wands, Van der Valk, Blake's 7, Taggart and Lovejoy...
as Ann Drury , a bored, frustrated, but attractive middle-class housewife living in an area where prostitution
Prostitution
Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
had begun to arouse comment. Two factors encouraged Mrs Drury briefly to try out being a prostitute herself: an admission by her husband (Paul Jesson
Paul Jesson
Paul Jesson is a British stage, television and film actor. He has played leading roles at the National Theatre and the RSC and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1986 for his role in The Normal Heart at The Royal Court...
) that he himself had once consorted with a call girl and her trying on some black lingerie belonging to her teenaged daughter (Dominique Barnes) while she was alone in the house. Her experience with a client gave her a fresh sense of her sexuality, though her husband’s rather underwhelmed response when she sought to entice him with lace underwear and stockings had the effect of returning her to her previous rather staid existence.
The content of Queen of Hearts provoked a certain amount of comment at the time , but the play has not been repeated on television, nor released on video.