Overview
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
Cast
- Alan Bates as Ben Butley
- Jessica Tandy as Edna Shaft
- Michael Byrne as Reg Nuttall
- Georgina Hale as Carol Heasman
- Simon Rouse as Gardner
- Susan Engel as Anne Butley
- Richard O'Callaghan as Joey Keyston
- Oliver Maguire
- Darien Angadi
- Colin Haigh