"Dusty Portrait" is a 1952 American television play by

Sumner Locke Elliott Sumner Locke Elliott (17 October 191724 June 1991) was an Australian (later American) novelist and playwright. Biography Elliott was born in Sydney to the writer Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsi ...

. It was based on the

Florence Maybrick Florence Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick (3 September 1862 – 23 October 1941) was an American woman convicted in the United Kingdom of murdering her husband, cotton merchant James Maybrick. Early life Florence Maybrick was born Florence Elizabe ...

case. Elliott had a very small role.

Premise

" Florence Chandler, a young American girl who marries James Maybrick, a Liverpool manufacturer. He takes her to live in the gloomy Maybrick house supervised by his bitter sister, Edith Maybrick. When James dies, Edith accuses Florence of having brought about his death by the use of arsenic poisoning, and so began one of the most famous trials in history. This case helped to bring about the reform in English law providing for a Court of Criminal Appeal."

Cast

*Victor Beecroft *Elizabeth Eustis *Rita Grapel *

Audra Lindley Audra Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom '' Three's Company'' and its spin-off '' The Ropers''. Life and career Audra Lindley was born in L ...

1953 radio version

Elliott did a radio adaptation of his script. It was produced for the ''General Motors Hour'' with Dinah Shearing. ''The Adelaide Mail'' called it "strong, almost faultless drama." ''The Age'' called it "an extremely well put together story".

References

External links

* {{Delbert Mann 1952 television plays Works by Sumner Locke Elliott 1953 Australian radio dramas