The Harmfulness of Tobacco
Overview
An adaptation of a Chekhov monologue about a hen-pecked schoolmaster forced by his domineering wife to lecture at a Women's Institute meeting on the evils of smoking, but instead finds himself looking back on his failed life.
- Production
- Illustra Communications
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Nick Hamm
- Writers
- Eric Bentley
- Producers
- Barry Palin
- Cinematography
- Jason Lehel
- Composer
- Van Morrison
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CinemaSerf
June 6, 2025
This might be my favourite performance from Edward Fox as he cuts a rather sad figure on a stage before a sparsely attended meeting of the women’s guild who are less than enthused by his last minute substitution and by his topic of chat. Thing is, though, that after his effusive introduction from Celia Imrie this rather weary looking schoolmaster strays off his point and starts to offer them a rather revelatory glimpse into his thirty-three year marriage. This is clearly a period that he looks b…