Winifred

The panel heard Mr Hardie had been engaged on a self-employed basis to undertake small groups and one-to-one tuition, working for Hull City Council and a number of local schools, including Winifred Holtby Academy and Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College.

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House as a governess with a secret, which would be enough for many a novel set in Victorian England.

Winifred might be the smartest, wittiest and most brutal psychopath to grace the pages of a comedy of manners that turns into a horror show — all in an age rife with repression.

However, Winifred tells us immediately that in three months, “everyone in this household will be dead,” which includes her charges, Drusilla and Andrew.

Burnett made her Broadway debut originating the role of Foster’s Princess Winifred in 1959.