Winners & Losers: Blues for Miss Laverty

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. 

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)

Key Cast & Crew

Ian Mune

Co-Director, Producer

Yvonne Lawley

As: Mary May Laverty

Roger Donaldson

Co-Director, Cinematographer, Producer

Alan Smythe

Writer

Les Hunt

As: Man Downstairs

Pam Merwood

As: Mrs Mooney