AustLit

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection includes the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'LILLIAN GIBSON. 16 years old, highly strung. Has no contact with her parents and feels lost and unwanted. In an attempt to attract attention she maintains that she has been assaulted by a stranger, and inflicts injuries on herself to substantiate that claim.

'ROBERT GIBSON. About 45-50 years old. A successful businessman - has worked hard during his early career. Now wants to make the most of his life and indulges in something like a "Second Honeymoon" with his wife. Does not understand his daughter and her problems. A pompous, selfish, unimaginative man.

'JOYCE GIBSON. 40 years. A very ordinary woman - of average intelligence. Enjoys her husband's attention and her newly acquired riches. Squashes any pangs of guilt she might feel regarding her daughter. The actress must have courage to appear comical and unattractive at occasions.

'MARY CORBETT. 65 to 75 years old. A widow. Energetic, eccentric, stubborn. Refuses to budge from the footpath after eviction from her house.

'JOHNNY BARKER. About 18. Working-class. Must be able to drive a car. Has left home because he can't get on with his father. Quick tempered but likeable. Sense of humour. Helps Mary Corbett after her eviction.

'ED LANE. About 18. Working-class. More phlegmatic than Johnny - slower in thought and action. Becomes melancholic when drunk.

'MR WARD & MRS WARD. Upper middle class acquaintances of the Gibsons.

'SLATER. About 40 years old. A Peeping Tom. Fears that the police hold him responsible for something he didn't do and hides in an old building. A pathetic figure who should create considerable sympathy despite his perversion.

'MRS SLATER. About 40 years old. A married spinster. Partly responsible for her husband's behaviour. She finds him repulsive when he is around, but worries about him when he disappears.

'DR. MANNINGHAM. Grim, brisk - about 40 years old. Not fond of the police.

'MR SVGBODA. A New-Australian. A good citizen.

'A UNIF. POLICEMAN. No dialogue.

'CONSTABLE.'