Performance Cast & Crew
Elizabeth McGovernHelen Schwartz Ronald PickupRichard Browning John RoganBishop of Carlisle Paola DionisottiDuchess of Gloucester Hugh GrantRichard Neville Leslie PhillipsVermandero Timothy SpallJimmy Beales Geraldine SomervilleAnn Welch Colin FirthCharles Holroyd Paul BirchardKevin Sullivan Stephen ReaSeumus Shields Geoffrey BeeversFriar Thomas Penelope WiltonHester Collyer Nicholas GecksSir John Bushy Richard E. GrantGeorge Holly Margot LeicesterSylvia Gellburg Sophie ThompsonGillian Player Georgina HaleLeading actress Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioYelena Rachel KempsonMariya Vasilyevna Judi DenchChristine Foskett Sylvia BarterJulia Shillitoe Francesca AnnisElizabeth Collier Gregory FloyMichael Crowley Charles GrayMaurice Hussey Nathaniel ParkerSam Mitchum Moyra FraserLettice Willis Betty MarsdenR. B. Monody Deborah FindlayIsabella Bird Eileen AtkinsMrs Maitland Jennifer EhlePhyllis Maitland Emma FieldingJoan Clareville Edward FoxMajor Luddington Harriet WalterDorothy Maitland Imelda StauntonJenny Beales Christopher EcclestonFrankie Bryant Stephen DillaneMr Blackmore Steven MackintoshThe Brother Peter O'BrienJames Anderson Nigel HawthorneBrian Leary Simon CallowJohn Mortimer Jeremy IronsOdon Von Horvath Alec GuinnessHeinrich Mann Charles DurningCharles F. Money Carsten NørgaardYoung Man Juliet StevensonNora Helmer Geraldine JamesKristine Linde Celia BannermanMiss Potter Anton RodgersDavid Scott-Fowler Susan FleetwoodThe Mother Michael GambonArchie Rice Patrick Godfrey1st Conservative MP Annette Crosbie1st Labour MP John NevilleSir David Browning Tom WilkinsonDuke Vincentio Sue JohnstonMistress Overdone Stephen TompkinsonPhilip Welch Paul BhattacharjeeDr. Bahru Saskia ReevesIrina Shestova Anne BancroftMrs. Fanning Kenneth BranaghDonal Davoren Sam MendesSelf / Director Graham CrowdenJohn of Gaunt Richard BremmerHenry Bolingbroke Mandy PatinkinDr. Harry Hyman Victoria HamiltonCordelia Martin ChamberlainLear's knight Frank LazarusAllen Kershowitz Jason ShepardBill van Der Hart Julian Rhind-TuttEdward, Duke of Aumerle Donald SindenEdmund of Langley Struan RodgerHenry, Earl of Northumberland David ThackerDirector / Adaptation Simon CurtisDirector / Producer Christopher MorahanDirector Sam MendesSelf / Director John CairdDirector / Adaptation Harold PinterDirector / Writer Christopher HamptonWriter Stephen SondheimOriginal Music Composer William ShakespeareAuthor Michael HastingsScript Editor 
