The Love Ban

The Love Ban
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Produced by Betty E. Box
Based on the play It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World by Kevin Laffan
Starring Hywel Bennett
Nanette Newman
Music by Stanley Myers
Production
company
National Trustees Company
Release dates
 1973
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Love Ban is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman and Milo O'Shea.[1] It was based on a play by Kevin Laffan. It is also known under the alternative titles of It's a 2'6' Above the Ground World and Anyone for Sex?.

Plot summary

A married couple with six children experience marital difficulties. Wife Kate refuses to sleep with husband Mick until he uses birth control, while their live-in au-pair falls pregnant.

Partial cast

Production

The film was based on a 1969 play by Kevin Laffan, It's a 2'6' Above the Ground World. Laffan was one of 14 children from a devout Roman Catholic family and his critical view on the Church's stance on birth control was a recurring theme of his work. The play starred Prunella Scales in a production at the Bristol Old Vic, and was a hit, moving to the Wyndham Theatre.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956
  2. ↑ Kevin Laggan obituary at The Telegraph
  3. ↑ Kevin Laffan obituary at The Independent
  4. ↑ Kevin Laffan special collections
  5. ↑ THEATRE: A popular giant Bryden, Ronald. The Observer (1901- 2003) [London (UK)] 07 Dec 1969: 40D.


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