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The Fool

70 %|Dec 7, 1990|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Olivier Stockman
Writer
Christine Edzard
Writer
Christine Edzard
Director
Christine Edzard
Art Direction
Olivier Stockman
Editor
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography
Celia Bannerman
Casting
Michel Sanvoisin
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
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Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
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Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
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Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
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Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
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Alec Wallis
Marquess
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Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle
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Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
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Richard Clifford
George Locket
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Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
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Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
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Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
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Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer
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James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring
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Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring
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Philip McGough
Mr. Croker
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Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs
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Joan Sims
Lady Daphne
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Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma
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Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia
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Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta
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Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer
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Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess
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Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn
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Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller
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Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller
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Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep
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Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
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Joanna Brookes
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Nora Connolly
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John Dalby
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Ron Emslie
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Knight Mantell
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Mark Arnold
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Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin
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Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham
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John McEnery
Mr. Maclean
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Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy
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Nick Edmett
Grease buyer
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Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer
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Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin
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John Harding
Mr. Priddle
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Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman
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Cyril Cusack
The Ballad Seller