Winners & Losers: Blues for Miss Laverty

Television (Full Length) – 1976 Captioned Drama

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Veteran actor Yvonne Lawley (Gloss, Ruby and Rata) landed her first leading role on-screen with this adaptation of a Maurice Duggan short story. Lawley plays Mary May Laverty, a proud but lonely violin teacher who craves "a little human warmth", but fails to connect with people. Awkwardness abounds when she invites the father of one of her students over. The half-hour drama was co-directed by Ian Mune and Roger Donaldson, as part of their Winners & Losers series of short story adaptations. It closely follows Duggan's original story, which was one of his most popular.

Key Cast & Crew

Ian Mune

Co-Director, Producer

Roger Donaldson

Co-Director, Cinematographer, Producer

Yvonne Lawley

As: Mary May Laverty

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It's all right Mr Mooney, you can relax. I'm not after anything you know; not your money or your life. I could hardly help knowing you're a family man, could I?
– An awkward conversation between Mary Laverty (Yvonne Lawley) and Mr Mooney (Russell Duncan)

Produced by

Aardvark-Mune Productions

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

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Acknowledgements

Winners & Losers series produced in association with the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Television One, the Department of Education and the National Film Unit

Restoration by Park Road Post Production made possible through funding from the NZ Lottery Grants Board and NZ On Air, with support from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Thank you to the filmmakers and the Ministry of Education for allowing NZ On Screen to reformat and reproduce this title on this website