These two persons : a picture of help being given to a marriage in trouble.

Date:
1964
  • Film

About this work

Description

This film, using dramatic recreation (possibly improvised), dramatises the marital relationship between an estranged couple who are counselled separately. We hear both sides of their story which plays out like a kitchen-sink drama. The film is in two parts; (there is a pause between sections. At the end, the two counsellors meet to swap notes and discuss the case. Interestingly, the parts of the estranged couple are played by actors (with careers in television and theatre), whilst the counsellors play themselves.

Publication/Creation

England, 1964.

Physical description

1 film reel (39 min.) : black and white : sound, 16 mm

Notes

From the archives of SA/TCC, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships.
Broadcasted on 15th April 1964 on ITV. Please see: SATCC/C/4/2/2 for transcripts and a draft summary of the programme written for the TV Times. This indicates that 'There is no script. Every word spoken is spontaneous and comes from emotional involvement.' It is based on a case involving the ‘Prices’ documented in a book ‘Marriage, A Study in Emotional Conflict and Growth’ written by the members of the F. D. B. - with a few salient details about the couple and the ages of their children altered

Creator/production credits

Produced by Michael Redington, an ATV Production for the Institute of Marital Studies. Family Discussion Bureau, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London. Mr and Mrs Baker are played by George Sewell and Hilary Bamford. The careworkers are Herbert Phillipson and Susan Beresford.

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