AustLit

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'WARREN BULLER Has to be able to drive car. Early 20's, boy friend of Juliets [sic] and prime suspect. A working class boy who grew up with Juliet and whose current association with her has been more than platonic. A rebellious attitude has been forced on him by his persistent mother and society in general. He truly loves Juliet and regrets ever having done anything to harm her.

'JULIET MEADOWS 17 year old school girl, involved in prostitution. The Victim. Her character developes [sic] as story unfolds, we see her as a happy young girl, perhaps a little reckless in her manner.

'MARCIA WILMOTT 17 year old school girl; Juliet's best friend. Suggestion of a very close relationship stem [sic] from her wistful and "romantic" behaviour. As with Juliet she is on the outside of a normal school girl [sic], but she boasts a nature and behaviour like that rarely seen in a girl her age and position.

'LOIS WILMOTT Marcia's mother. She is well off and she acts in a manner befitting her age and status. She is inspired to kill Juliet after finding photographs in Marcia's room and believes she did it to save her daughter. (Not an attractive character)

'JOHN MEADOWS Juliet's father, ambitious man. Finds his dreams shattered with his daughter's death; he has worked hard to get himself and his family to the position which they are now in. A "nouveau riche" swallowed up by his new and completely unaccustomed environment - and his ideals have turned his daughter into merely a symbol.

'MRS. MEADOWS Juliet's mother. An emotional woman who still retains a "clear headedness" after Juliet's death; she sees through her husband's pretence and it is the shock of the death that forces her to air her view and helps to bring about the collapse of her husband's dreams.

'MRS. BULLER Warren Buller's mother; a former baby-sitter of Juliet and friend of the Meadows family before the rise in status. A person who has been harshly treated by life but still struggles on. She has a genuine affection for her son and it is the airing of this that irritates him. A sympathetic character who remains aloof with her former close friends, the Meadows, after the death of Juliet.

'MR. PICKERING His was the car that Warren stole and in which he "picked up" Jiliet [sic]. Prides himself on being an amateur crimonologist [sic] and insists on applying his hobby to this particular case. He basks in the glory of being the only one who can identify Warren and give a description.

'MR. WILLIS Has to play golf. Discovers Juliet's body while he plays round of golf. Obsessed with the idea of not letting his employers find out that he was playing golf when he was taking a sickie. He is as eager to get away from the scene as possible. His attitude irks Mac a little.

'FORENSIC MAN Professional in outlook and behaviour.

'MALE NEIGHBOUR Next door neighbour to Buller family. He is unco-operative to the D's when they, and a cat, disturb his sleep. A rough sort of character who could not be subtle if he tried.

'MR. GREEN The man from whom Juliet leases the flat. His is purely a business concern, not caring about the morals of those who lease his flats, or that Juliet is dead.

'MR. SULLMAN The father of one of Juliet's friends. The Meadows believed Juliet to be staying at the Sullman's when she was staying at her flat. He has no

real liking for Meadows but is genuinely sorry to hear of the death, his sympathy is not so much directed at Meadows and Juliet, but at the idea of someone losing a close relation - an impersonal sympathy.

'NEW ZEALAND MAN A patron of Juliet's. He is caught up in the circumstances of her death.

'MINISTER Professional air most important. Presides at Juliet's funeral.'