The Last Visitor
14 September 1982, BBC
Role: Vincent Tumulty

This production was based on The Sleeping Beauty by novelist and short story writer (not the actress) Elizabeth Taylor. It was one of her most romantic novels and typical of her talent for quiet observation and delicate, ironic perception.

The action is set in a seaside town in the summer of 1953, with the season nearly over. Mona Washbourne co-starred with Jeremy.

From a summary of the novel, The Sleeping Beauty:

Vinny Tumulty is a quiet, sensible man. When he goes to stay at a small English seaside resort, his task is to comfort a bereaved friend, Isabella. A past master at sympathy, Vinny looks forward to a solemn few days of tears and consolation. Then, on the evening of his arrival, he looks out of the window at sunset and catches sight of a mysterious, romantic figure: a beautiful woman walking by the seashore. Before the week is over Vinny has fallen in love, completely and utterly, for the first time in his middle-aged life. But Emily is a sleeping beauty, her secluded life hiding bitter secrets from the past. How can this unlikely Prince Charming break the spell and rouse her from her dreams? 

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