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The Fool
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Cast

Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket

Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Michael Andrew

Julian Bleach

Merelina Kendall

Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris

Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs

Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn

David Sterne

David Keyes
Tom

Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount

Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia

Mark Arnold
Stage actor

John McEnery
Mr. Maclean

Nora Connolly
Stage actress

Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy

John Tams

Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse

Una Brandon-Jones

Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer

Richard Caldicot
Duke

Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Julian Firth

John Warner

James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring

Stephen Rashbrook

Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer

Linda Kerr Scott

Howard Goorney

Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma

Ewen Bremner

Michael Mears

Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Christopher Good

Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin

Ron Cook

Hugh Lloyd
Viscount

Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess

Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer

Norman Lumsden

Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells

Rosalind Adler

Marty Cruikshank

Richard Clifford
George Locket

Sally Faulkner

Janet Henfrey

Alan Ford

Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick

Ian Lindsay

Richard Graydon

Nicholas Tennant
Curley

Brenda Bruce

Jessica James

Don Henderson
Bob

John Tordoff

Philip McGough
Mr. Croker

David Pugh

Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle

Sarah Flind

Joan Sims
Lady Daphne

Ronnie Brody

Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring

Jane Wymark

Joanna Brookes
Stage actress

Robert Putt

Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham

Gregory Floy

Petra Markham

John Quarmby

Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson

Cyril Cusack
The Ballad Seller

Mark Lambert

George Savvides
Mr. Nick