Baker (Pauline Collins), aflutter with aspirational cooing, while a colorful cast, including Brendan Gleeson and Brenda Fricker, portrays the other residents.

NEWYORKER: Material Girls

He has also worked in television and radio and most recently appeared alongside Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins in Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut Quartet.

BBC: Sir Tom Courtenay gets BIFF lifetime achievement award

Amongst the documents are items relating to early stage productions of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, which were both later turned into films, the former starring Julie Walters and Michael Caine and the latter Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.

BBC: Poster advertising a production of Educating Rita