Six people talking to you like you're their only friend—and it gets *weirdly* intimate.
Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.
Acting
Maggie Smith's silent pauses speak entire novels
Writing
Alan Bennett's cruelty disguised as compassion
Production
Empty rooms that feel suffocatingly full
Director
Stuart Burge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Originally BBC television in 1988, then theatrical releases—Bennett refused to expand them, insisting loneliness works best in isolation.
Thora Hird filmed 'A Cream Cracker Under the Settee' in one continuous 27-minute take at age 76; she later said it was the hardest thing she'd ever done.
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