Butley
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.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre
- keyword: alcohol, college, based on play or musical, lgbt, english professor
- cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse, Susan Engel
