Girl (played by Shirley Anne Field) is a protagonist in Lunch Hour.
A recently graduated art-school designer working at a wallpaper manufacturing company, she begins a lunchtime affair with a married middle manager. Their attempts to find privacy are repeatedly interrupted. During their hotel meeting, she argues with him about the imagined life he has described, then returns to work smiling quietly to herself. Man (played by Robert Stephens) is a protagonist in Lunch Hour.
A married middle manager at the wallpaper manufacturing company, he starts a workplace affair with the recently graduated designer. He books a hotel room for an hour and invents an elaborate story about his troubled marriage to explain himself to the manageress. After the encounter, he returns to work appearing sullen and unhappy. The Manageress (played by Kay Walsh) appears in Lunch Hour.
The manageress of the small hotel where the couple seek privacy, she remains suspicious and repeatedly interrupts them. As the man tells his elaborate tale of marital trouble and a wife travelling from Scarborough, she begins to believe the fantasy, imagines herself as the stay-at-home wife, and feels sympathy for that imagined wife.
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Characters
Girl
(played by Shirley Anne Field) — protagonist
A recently graduated art-school designer working at a wallpaper manufacturing company, she begins a lunchtime affair with a married middle manager. Their attempts to find privacy are repeatedly interr...
Man
(played by Robert Stephens) — protagonist
A married middle manager at the wallpaper manufacturing company, he starts a workplace affair with the recently graduated designer. He books a hotel room for an hour and invents an elaborate story abo...
The Manageress
(played by Kay Walsh) — supporting
The manageress of the small hotel where the couple seek privacy, she remains suspicious and repeatedly interrupts them. As the man tells his elaborate tale of marital trouble and a wife travelling fro...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Man → Girl
(Romantic Lovers)
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Girl → The Manageress
(Conflict Imagined Rival)
Man → The Manageress
(Conflict Suspicious Host)
Story Analysis
A brief workplace affair becomes entangled with an invented marriage and an unexpectedly persuasive domestic fantasy.
