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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'HANNA LEITZ: About 56. Came to Australia from Poland in 1958. Speaks English with a heavy accent. A small woman whose life is dominated by her adoration for her dead son, and her formidable guilt complex on the other. Devout Orthodox Jew.
'CRAIG HENDERSON: 17, but looks younger. A golden headed boy, charming on the surface, but with a violent sadistic streak. Australian.
'MRS CONNOR: Garrulous busybody of Irish ancestry. Very loud, and about 45.
'ITALIAN DRUNK: Expansive drunken shearers cook. 40.
'MORGAN: Night manager of service station. 55?
'WARD SISTER: Mid 30s. Efficient, practical.
'OLD MAN: 70. All he lives for is his dog. Decrepit.
'FRANK HENDERSON: 45. Alcoholic crim. Has been in Pentridge most of his life. It is essential that neither he nor Rita (below) should be played for laughs.
'RITA: Frank's mistress. 40. Fat and blowsy. Please don't send her up.
'GARAGE MANAGER: 40. Cheerful Australian.
'ATTENDANT: 22. Mechanic. Australian.
'ETHEL JACOBS: The antithesis of Hanna. A cheerful, jolly woman. 50. Preferably Jewish.
'POLICE CONSTABLE ONE: Young, speaking
'POLICE CONSTABLE TWO: Young, speaking'.
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This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.