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| Mary Brent | |
| Continuity: | The Day of the Triffids |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Homeowner |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Sussex, England |
| Relatives: | Dennis Brent (husband); Alice (daughter) |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Day of the Triffids: 1.5 |
| Actor: | Jenny Lipman |
Mary Brent was a character featured in the 1981 BBC television mini-series The Day of the Triffids. Played by actress Jenny Lipman, she appeared in the final two episodes of the series.
Biography[]
Like many throughout the world, Mary Brent lost her eyesight on the night a mysterious comet streaked across the Earth, rendering the majority of the world's population permanently blind. She lived in a farmhouse in Sussex, England with her husband Dennis (also blind) and her daughter Alice. Shortly before Alice's birth, the Brents invited a sighted woman named Jo Payton to come and live with them. Jo aided the Brents in the upkeep of the farm and remained their for six years. Jo's lover, Bill Masen, came to the house and moved in with Mary as well. [1]
Six years after the night of the comet, a military squad led by Commander Torrence, arrived at the farmhouse and announced that they would be commandeering the farm and turning it into a shelter for the blind. He all but said that in the new world dynamic, a blind woman such as Mary would have no legal claim to real estate any longer and they would take his property by force if they had to.
That evening, Bill managed to sneak Mary and the others out of the farmhouse and they all fled Sussex for the Isle of Wight where they went to live with a friend named Jack Coker. [2]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Mary Brent was created by director Ken Hannam and writer Douglas Livingstone based on characters originally created by John Wyndham.