CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD

Sarah Norman is a deaf and troubled young woman working at a school for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in New England. An energetic new teacher, James Leeds played by Trevor Eve, arrives at the school and encourages her to set aside her isolated life of frustration by learning how to talk. As she already uses sign language, Sarah resists James's attempts to get her to talk. Romantic interest develops between James and Sarah and they are soon living together, though their differences and mutual stubbornness eventually strains their relationship to a breaking point, as he continues to want her to talk, and she feels somewhat stifled in his presence. Sarah leaves and goes back to her mother's house, in the process reconciling with her once estranged mother. However, she later returns to James, as both realize they need each other.

Trevor Eve started studying as an architectural student but after two years gave it up to go to RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. On leaving he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. The final production in his year there, was John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert in which he played Paul McCartney, which transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue where it received The Evening Standard and Plays and Players awards for the best musical of 1975. He then entered television with London Weekend's production of The Portrait. This led to Laurence Olivier choosing him for Hindle Wakes hich he was directing in Granada's Olivier Season. The series London Belongs To Me followed, after which he returned bothe to the stage and the Lyric Theatre to be directed by Franco Zeffirelli in Filumena. During this time he was also working at the Soho Poly Theatre. His movie debut was as Jonathan Harker in the Universal Pictures Production of Dracula. Trevor has now become familiar to millions of television viewers for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC's outstandingly successful series Shoestring. In 1979 he received the Variety Club of Great Britain's award for the most promising actor of the year.

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October 1981