cast
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Ian Holm
Astrov / Sir William Collyer / King Lear / Duff
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Elizabeth McGovern
Helen Schwartz / Beatrice-Joanna / Margaret Hyman
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Jane Horrocks
Marta / Doll Tearsheet / Beatie Bryant
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Ronald Pickup
King Henry IV / Richard Browning / Siegfried Shrager
- David Lyon Thomas Mowbray / Earl of Salisbury / Albany
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John Rogan
Bernard / Bishop of Carlisle / Lord Marshal
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Paola Dionisotti
Duchess of York / First lady / Duchess of Gloucester
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Hugh Grant
Richard Neville / Alsemero
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Susan Brown
Maria / Bill
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Adie Allen
Diaphanta / Pearl Bryant
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Bill Nighy
Roger Maitland / Hugh Marriner
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Leslie Phillips
Judge Michael Argyle / Vermandero
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Timothy Spall
Jimmy Beales / Chico
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Geraldine Somerville
Miss Julie / Ann Welch
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Colin Firth
Freddie Page / Charles Holroyd
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William Osborne
Cyril Clatworthy / Oswald
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Paul Birchard
Kevin Sullivan / Butch
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Stephen Rea
Seumus Shields / Ejlert Lovborg
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Fiona Shaw
Richard II / Hedda Gabler
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Maurice Denham
Don Francisco / Man
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Ian Bannen
Provost / Serebryakov
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Corin Redgrave
Angelo / Earl of Worcester
- Peter Darling Alonzo / Alonso
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Geoffrey Beevers
Friar Thomas / Arthur Power
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Michael Simkins
Paul / Cornwall
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Penelope Wilton
Hester Collyer / Beth
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Nicholas Gecks
Sir John Bushy / Thomas, Duke of Surrey
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Paul Rhys
Edgar / Christopher
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Richard E. Grant
Nurse/Bed Head / George Holly
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Henry Goodman
Phillip Gellburg / Pompey
- John Sterland G.J. Copplestone / Dr Sherman
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Margot Leicester
Sylvia Gellburg / Mariana
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Sophie Thompson
Amy / Gillian Player
- Ben Walden Miles / Black and Tan
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Robin Bailey
Charles / Thomas Mann
- Mike McShane Hal / Franklyn Heimer
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Stephen Moore
Hawkins / Art Nicely
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Georgina Hale
Moya Lexington / Leading actress
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Bob Hoskins
De Flores
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Sean Pertwee
Tomazo
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Maynard Eziashi
Jasperino
- Myrtle Moss Nanny
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John Quinn
Sailor
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David Warner
Vanya
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Yelena
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Rebecca Pidgeon
Sonya
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Rachel Kempson
Mariya Vasilyevna
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Sandra Voe
Nanny
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Roger Hammond
Waffles
- Jimmy Flynn Workman
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James Warrior
Workman
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Judi Dench
Christine Foskett
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Susan Porrett
Doris
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Sylvia Barter
Julia Shillitoe
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Francesca Annis
Elizabeth Collier
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Eileen Page
Mrs. Marriner
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Gregory Floy
Michael Crowley
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Charles Gray
Maurice Hussey
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Nathaniel Parker
Sam Mitchum
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Moyra Fraser
Lettice Willis
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Betty Marsden
R. B. Monody
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Les Dawson
Nona
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Liz Smith
Anyula
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Jim Broadbent
Carmello
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John Malkovich
Deeley
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Kate Nelligan
Kate
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Miranda Richardson
Anna
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Deborah Findlay
Isabella Bird
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Beth Goddard
Waitress
- Cecily Hobbs Pope Joan
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Sarah Lam
Lady Nijo
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Lesley Manville
Marlene
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Anna Patrick
Griselda
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Lesley Sharp
Angie
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Eileen Atkins
Mrs Maitland
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Jennifer Ehle
Phyllis Maitland
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Emma Fielding
Joan Clareville
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Edward Fox
Major Luddington
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Harriet Walter
Dorothy Maitland
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Samuel West
Jack Maitland
- Henry Power Arnold
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Amanda Drew
Daisy
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Pam Ferris
Mrs Bryant
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Imelda Staunton
Jenny Beales
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Ewan Hooper
Mr Bryant
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Bryan Pringle
Stan Mann
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Christopher Eccleston
Frankie Bryant
- Keith Osborn Mr Healey
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Zoë Wanamaker
Mrs Holroyd
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Stephen Dillane
Mr Blackmore
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Melanie Hill
Laura
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Wayne Foskett
Rigley
- Shane Fox Jack
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Steven Mackintosh
The Brother
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Peter O'Brien
James Anderson
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Kevin Allen
Felix Dennis
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Nigel Hawthorne
Brian Leary
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Simon Callow
John Mortimer
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Jeremy Irons
Odon Von Horvath
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Alec Guinness
Heinrich Mann
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Charles Durning
Charles F. Money
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Carsten Nørgaard
Young Man
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Juliet Stevenson
Nora Helmer
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Trevor Eve
Torvald Helmer
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Geraldine James
Kristine Linde
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Patrick Malahide
Dr. Rank
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Celia Bannerman
Miss Potter
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Ben Chaplin
Cyril Carter
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Anton Rodgers
David Scott-Fowler
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John Bird
John Reid
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John Hurt
The Father
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Brian Cox
The Director
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Tara Fitzgerald
Emily
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Susan Fleetwood
The Mother
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Keith Baxter
Actor
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Brid Brennan
Thea Elvsted
-
Michael Gambon
Archie Rice
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Bill Owen
Billy Rice
-
Patrick Godfrey
1st Conservative MP
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Annette Crosbie
1st Labour MP
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John Neville
Sir David Browning
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Tom Wilkinson
Duke Vincentio
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David Bradley
Barnadine
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Sue Johnston
Mistress Overdone
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Ben Miles
Claudio
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Stephen Tompkinson
Philip Welch
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Paul Bhattacharjee
Dr. Bahru
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Emily Watson
Rosalie
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Saskia Reeves
Irina Shestova
-
Anne Bancroft
Mrs. Fanning
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Joan Cusack
Annie
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Stephen Lang
Boss
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Kenneth Branagh
Donal Davoren
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June Brown
Spinster
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Dora Bryan
Bosom Lady
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Jonathan Firth
Prince Hal
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Kathy Burke
Christine
-
Phil Daniels
John
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Adrian Lester
Bobby
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Rebecca Front
Sarah
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Sam Mendes
Self
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David Bamber
Guy
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Roger Frost
Bernie
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John Sessions
Daniel
-
Graham Crowden
John of Gaunt
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Richard Bremmer
Henry Bolingbroke
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Mandy Patinkin
Dr. Harry Hyman
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James Frain
Macbeth
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David Harewood
Macduff
-
Ray Winstone
Duncan
-
Susan Vidler
Lady Macbeth
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Barbara Flynn
Goneril
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Amanda Redman
Regan
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Clive Kneller
Shadow
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Timothy West
Gloucester
-
Michael Bryant
Fool
-
David Burke
Kent
-
Finbar Lynch
Edmund
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Victoria Hamilton
Cordelia
- Harry Jones Old man
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Adrian Irvine
France
-
Nicholas Bailey
Burgundy
- Martin Chamberlain Lear's knight
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Paul Benzing
Captain
- James Kerr Messenger
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Andrew Tiernan
Banquo
- Jo Dow Rosse
- Patsi Fox Lady Macduff
- Graham Bryan Malcolm
- Martin O'Brien Seyton
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Julia Swift
Harriet
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Nitzan Sharron
David
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Sharon D. Clarke
Flora
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Ed Bishop
Stanton Case
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Gabrielle Lloyd
Myra
- Frank Lazarus Allen Kershowitz
- Bob Sherman Auctioneer
- Jason Shepard Bill van Der Hart
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Mark Lambert
J O'Leary
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
Edward, Duke of Aumerle
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Kevin McKidd
Harry Percy
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Donald Sinden
Edmund of Langley
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Sian Thomas
Queen Isabel
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Struan Rodger
Henry, Earl of Northumberland
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Anthony Calf
John
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Joe Duttine
Eric
- Kenneth MacDonald Benny
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Sheila Gish
Joanne
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Clive Rowe
Harry
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Clare Burt
Susan
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Gareth Snook
Peter
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Liza Sadovy
Jenny
- Teddy Kempner David
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Paul Bentley
Larry
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Anna Francolini
Marta
- Kiran Hocking Kathy
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Hannah James
April
-
Stephen Fulton
Waiter
-
Rufus Sewell
Hotspur
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Elizabeth Spriggs
Mistress Quickly
-
Paul Eddington
Robert Shallow
-
Josette Simon
Kate
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Joseph O'Conor
Earl of Northumberland
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John Woodvine
Earl of Warwick
-
Peter Jeffrey
Lord Chief Justice
-
Geoffrey Hutchings
Bardolph
-
Simon McBurney
Pistol
-
James Grout
Silence
-
Phyllis Calvert
Woman
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Lionel Jeffries
Captain
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Renée Asherson
Marjorie
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Brenda Bruce
Grandmother
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Mossie Smith
Clara
- Peter Needham Mine manager
- Gavin Abbott Miner
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Christopher Brand
Miner
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Bronagh Gallagher
Minnie Powell
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Ruth McCabe
Mrs Grigson
-
Owen O'Neill
Mr Maguire
-
James Ellis
The Landlord
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Paul Ronan
Tommy Owens
- Britta Smith Mrs Henderson
- David Carey Mr Gallogher
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John Kavanagh
Adolphus Grigson
-
John Gielgud
Stephen Dawlish
-
Terence Rigby
Fred Voles
-
Rosemary Harris
Margaret Dawlish
-
Vincent Wong
Dr Chen
-
Adrian Pasdar
Son-in-law
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Katherine Borowitz
Sister
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Anne Meara
Mrs Geegan
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Anne Pitoniak
Mrs Kline
- Anna Thompson Bookkeeper
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Mary Alice
Black lady
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Bellina Logan
Puerto Rican girl
-
Wojciech Pszoniak
Mr Miller
-
Carmel McSharry
Mrs Elton
-
Edward Tudor-Pole
Jackie Jackson
-
Juliet Aubrey
Isabella
-
Rob Edwards
Lucio
- David Waller Escalus
- Darlene Johnson Pa
- Sally George Juliet
- Kristin Hewson Kate
- Romy Baskerville Francisca
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Robert Demeger
Abhorson
-
Eric Porter
James Player
-
Abigail Cruttenden
Clara Browning
- Nicholas Selby Second Conservative MP
-
Tony Haygarth
Second Labour MP
-
Edward Petherbridge
Liberal MP
-
Bruce Alexander
Thompson
-
Billie Whitelaw
Phoebe Rice
-
Helen McCrory
Jean Rice
- George Beach Frank Rice
- Nicholas Hewetson Graham Dodd
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David Ryall
Bill
-
Donal McCann
Judge Brack
-
Nicholas Woodeson
Jorgen Tesman
- Pat Leavy Miss Tesman
- Susan Colverd Berte
-
Maggie Smith
Mrs Venable
-
Natasha Richardson
Catharine Holly
-
Rob Lowe
Dr Cukrowicz
-
Moira Redmond
Mrs Holly
-
Gillian Raine
Miss Foxhill
-
Rosaleen Linehan
Sister Felicity
-
Sinéad Cusack
Nelly Mann
- Alison Fiske Salka Viertel
-
Jan Chappell
Marta Feuchtwanger
-
Jack Shepherd
Bertolt Brecht
-
Lynn Farleigh
Helene Weigel
-
Barbara New
Katja Mann
-
Ian Thompson
Lion Feuchtwanger
-
Jane Lowe
Toni Spuhler
-
David Calder
Nils Krogstad
- Helen Blatch Anne-Marie
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Sonia Ritter
Helene
- Dennis Clinton Porter
-
Joe Anderson
Ivar
- Max Anderson Bob
- Alexandra Gill Emmy
-
Gemma Jones
Joan Scott-Fowler
-
Imogen Stubbs
Helen Banner
-
Richard Lintern
Peter Scott-Fowler
- Simon Beresford Dr George Banner
-
Roberta Taylor
Julia Browne
-
Patricia Hayes
Madame Pace
- Nicholas Gatt Boy
- Tamura King Girl
- Rachel Robertson Second actress
- Alex Hanson Young actor
- Robert Oates Third actor
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Peter Wingfield
Fourth actor
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Brian Glover
Floor Manager
- Trevor Ray Lighting man/cameraman
