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.


Butley (1974)
His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.
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Alan Bates
Ben Butley

Jessica Tandy
Edna Shaft

Michael Byrne
Reg Nuttall

Georgina Hale
Carol Heasman

Simon Rouse
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Susan Engel
Anne Butley

Richard O'Callaghan
Joey Keyston
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