UnLOCked: Auto Stop

Most of the single plays rediscovered at the Library of Congress last year were classical costume dramas, but there were also a couple of contemporary works, one of which was this ambitious Wednesday Play (produced by James McTaggart) in which a grand tour of Europe is recreated in the studio courtesy of the ingenuity of designer Eileen Diss. Auto Stop is a sexually frank tale (written by Alan Seymour) of a young man's infatuation with an older woman, with a memorable lead performance from Hemmings. The play was screened in the US in January 1968, by which time Hemmings was a major star thanks to Antonioni's Blow-Up.