Andrina is a 1981 television play based on a short story by George MacKay Brown, adapted and directed by Bill Forsyth for BBC Scotland.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
| Andrina | |
|---|---|
| Based on | "Andrina" short story by George MacKay Brown |
| Screenplay by | Bill Forsyth |
| Directed by | Bill Forsyth |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Production | |
| Producer | Roderick Graham |
| Production location | Orkney |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Scotland |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 30 November 1981 |
Plot
editA retired sea captain living alone in a remote cottage in Orkney is befriended by a young girl, Andrina, who asks him for a love story from his past. He repeatedly refuses to tell her, until he eventually succumbs, when the consequences are not as he expected.
Cast
edit- Cyril Cusack as Captain Bill Torvald
- Wendy Morgan as Andrina
- Sandra Voe as Tina Stewart
- Jimmy Yuill as Stanley
- Dave Anderson as Isaac
References
edit- ^ BBC – Radio Times – Andrina
- ^ British Film Institute – Andrina
- ^ Library of Congress – Andrina
- ^ British Library – Andrina/Brown
- ^ Review — Sunday Times Magazine, 29 November 1981, pp. 9–10.
- ^ Review — Benny Green, Punch, 9 December 1981, p. 1069.
- ^ Review — Alan Bold, "Trust the Teller, Not the Telly", Times Literary Supplement, 11 December 1981, p. 1442.
- ^ Review — Tom Milne, Sight and Sound 51, no. 1 (Winter, 1981): 16.