Winners & Losers: Blues for Miss Laverty

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Winners & Losers: Blues for Miss Laverty

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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...

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1976

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/winners-and-losers-blues-for-miss-laverty-1976

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ageing / loneliness / new zealand fiction / flirtation / flirt / nz literature / new zealand literature / nz fiction / fict / fiction / violin teacher / blues / creative new zealand / creative nz / maurice duggan / short story / violin / music teacher / lonely / tears / literature / alcohol / adaptation

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