Elizabeth Hotel (1953)

Elizabethan restaurant at Gore Hotel, Kensington, London. C, U crossed swords and helmet over entrance. Tilt down to M, S of maid in Elizabethan dress entering door. M, S as she enters room carrying pigs head on a tray. M, S she places pig s head on the candle lit table, around which are seated the diners (all in modern dress). Pan over to show jester doing somersaults on the straw covered floor. M, S girl turns from her meal and smiles at him. She gives the jester something to drink. M, S people eating and drinking from wooden bowls using their hands only. C, U woman holding a bowl up to her mouth as she eats. M, S buxom wenches serving at the table. C, U pig s head. M, S man and woman eating with knives and fork off an ordinary plate. M, S another man and woman eating from ordinary plate. M, S maid sprinkling something out of a cup on to the floor. C, U maid carving a roast swan. Maid picks up the plate with the meat on it and carries it off. C, U wenches serving the meat at the table. C, U maid