Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

16 mins | Comedy | June 1, 1967

The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious interplay involving a carrot unfolds at a railway station.

Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

16 mins | Comedy | June 1, 1967

Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways
The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious interplay involving a carrot unfolds at a railway station.
Producers
Original title Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways
Directors Ann Wolff
Writers Philip O’Connor

Cast

Eileen Colgan

as Mother

Philip O’Connor

as Captain Busby

Quentin Crisp

as Stationmaster

Martina Mayne

as Marcella

Peter Hurst-Smith

as Porter

Martin Canter

as M and Official