The Vicar of Bray (1937)

Directors

Henry Edwards

Cast

Stanley Holloway, Hugh Miller, K. Hamilton Price, Felix Aylmer

The story

During a visit from his governor in Ireland the Earl of Brendon, Charles I asks advice on finding a new tutor for his wayward son Prince Charles and accepts Brendon's recommendation of the vicar of Bray, County Wicklow. On returning to Ireland Brendon passes on news of the appointment to the vicar, who travels to London to take up the post, promising to return one day. He falls asleep during his first lesson with the Prince, allowing the latter to slip away to see his actress lover Meg Clancy.

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