The Passion Flower Hotel by Rosalind Erskine (Roger Erskine Longrigg)

Posted by william warren on January 7, 2013 at 5:09pm

Adapted by Bert Coules

In 1962, Rosalind Erskine's novel The Passion Flower Hotel caused a sensation and became a bestseller. It tells the story of Bryant House, an exclusive private girls' school whose sixth-formers find themselves unable to meet boys or learn about sex.

Over at Longcombe school for boys, the equivalent problem exists. The solution is still shocking: the girls set up a brothel in the school basement, with a menu of categories and prices.

At the time of the book's publication, it was virtually impossible for pupils in private schooling to mix sexes, unless you counted events such as the annual opera, when schools teamed up to provide the right gender balance. The St Trinian's films had already tackled the subject of schoolgirl sexuality, and Bryant House's Passion Flowers riotously smashed down the walls.

 

Starring Moir Leslie as Sarah Callender.

Saturday Night Theatre 6th April 1985

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  • Gayle Crane January 14, 2013 at 10:22pm

    Thanks, William.

  • abby January 14, 2013 at 7:33am

    Thanks!

  • Mike Hobart January 14, 2013 at 3:43am

    I remember reading this years ago.   It was very funny, but I can't imagine a modern-day publisher accepting it.

  • WWB January 9, 2013 at 12:38am

    Thanks for another SNT.  WWB

  • Gerald Lea January 8, 2013 at 1:51pm

    Adapted by Bert Coules - all you need to know, Cheers!

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts January 7, 2013 at 6:05pm

    CAST:
    Moir Leslie as Sarah
    Elizabeth Proud as Mary Rose
    Patience Tomlinson as Janet
    Susan Sharidon as Virginia
    Narissa Knights as Melissa
    Mia Soteriou as Cordelia Simmington
    Mary Wimbush as Miss Abbott
    Spencer Banks as Colin

    Directed by David Johnston

    • Riklaa > Anson (Bob) Roberts January 7, 2013 at 6:36pm

      A completist strikes again!  Oh bob, on the one that you put the cover.  He wants the other 2.  -------Rick

  • Riklaa January 7, 2013 at 5:50pm

    Excellent

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