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
Christine Edzard
Director
Christine Edzard
Writer
Olivier Stockman
Writer
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography
Celia Bannerman
Casting
Olivier Stockman
Editor
Christine Edzard
Art Direction
Michel Sanvoisin
Original Music Composer
Cast
Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount
Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway
Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse
Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis
Marquess
Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle
Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket
Richard Clifford
George Locket
Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Hugh Lloyd
Viscount
Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson
Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Emily
James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring
Philip McGough
Mr. Croker
Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs
Joan Sims
Lady Daphne
Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma
Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia
Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta
Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer
Richard Caldicot
Duke
Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess
Ruth Mitchell
The Girl
Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn
Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller
Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller
Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep
Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Joanna Brookes
Stage actress
Nora Connolly
Stage actress
John Dalby
Stage actor
Ron Emslie
Stage actor
Knight Mantell
Stage actor
Mark Arnold
Stage actor
Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin
Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham
John McEnery
Mr. Maclean
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy
Nick Edmett
Grease buyer
Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells
Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris
Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin
James Cairncross
Mr. Trott
John Harding
Mr. Priddle
Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman
Nicolas Tennant
Curley
David Keyes
Tom
George Savvides
Mr. Nick
Cyril Cusack
The Ballad Seller