I Dies from Love was the seventh episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975, and a sixth series shown on the BBC on three consecutive nights, 26–28 December 2010.Set in a...

. The episode is set in the summer of 1907.

Cast

Guest cast

• Aimée Delamain (Lady Templeton)
• Yolande Turner (Mrs Van Groeben)
• Charles Lamb
  Charles Lamb (actor)
  Charles Lamb was a British film and television actor.His longest role was as Mrs Dale's gardener, Monument, in the radio soap opera Mrs Dale's Diary.-Selected filmography:* Once a Crook...
  
   (Harris)
• Tom Marshall (William)
• Patricia Hamilton
  Patricia Hamilton
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   (Mrs Fellows)
• Robin Wentworth (the Policeman)
• Carl Bernard (Waterman)
• Christopher Wray (Lowe)

Plot

Emily, the Irish housemaid at Eaton Place, has fallen deeply and hopelessly in love with William, a young footman who comes to tea in the servants' hall while his mistress is calling on Lady Marjorie in connection with a Charity Committee. Her work is suffering as a result, and she receives a great deal more verbal lashings from Mrs Bridges. Emily and William want to marry, but Mrs Van Groeben, William's mistress, forbids the relationship and the cowardly William obeys, not wanting to jeopardize his promotions. Lady Marjorie kindly tells Emily that William cannot see her anymore, and Emily's heart breaks. The other below stairs members, with the exception of Rose, are too preoccupied to notice Emily's misery.

Emily sends William a love letter, penned by Rose, declaring how much she loves him. However, the next morning William cruelly ignores Emily and returns her letter without even reading it. The next day, during the preparations for a servants' outing to Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath

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, Emily, overcome with grief, commits suicide.