Horace is a 1972 television play written by Roy Minton and directed by Alan Clarke, first broadcast as part of a BBC1 new play series on 21 March 1972.
Plot Diabetic Horace (Barry Jackson) is mentally impaired and works in a joke shop. He befriends loner schoolboy Gordon Blackett (Stephen Tantum), who retreats from his loveless home into an imaginary world.
Cast Horace - Barry Jackson Gordon - Stephen Tantum Ivy - Christine Hargreaves Dick - Talfryn Thomas Mrs Radford - Hazel Coppen Sidney - James Mellor Miss Bowler - Patricia Lawrence Mr Scrimshaw - Robert Hartley Mr Frankel - Howard Goorney Whitsun - Ken Parry Brenda - Caleigh Simmons Mrs Beal - Daphne Heard Customer - Eric Francis Waitress - Pamela Miles Jeffries - Jeffrey Gardiner
Critical reception The Daily Telegraph wrote, "Never sentimentalised... sympathetic, touching The piece worked marvellously well."
Television series The play was later developed as a six-part half-hour series for Yorkshire Television.
References
External links