SYNOPSIS
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
- Michael MaloneyJoe Harper
- Richard BriersHenry Wakefield
- Hetta CharnleyMolly
- Joan CollinsMargaretta D'Arcy
- Nicholas FarrellTom Newman
- Mark HadfieldVernon Spatch
- Gerard HoranCarnforth Greville
- Celia ImrieFadge
- Jennifer SaundersNancy Crawford
- Julia SawalhaNina Raymond
- John SessionsTerry Du Bois
- Ann DaviesMrs. Branch
- James D. WhiteTim
- Robert HinesMortimer
- Allie ByrneTap Dancer
- Adrian ScarboroughYoung Actor
- Brian PettiferVentriloquist
- Patrick DoyleScotsman
- Shaun PrendergastMule Train Man
- Carol StarksAudience Member
- Edward JewesburyNina's Father
- Katy CarmichaelMad Puppet Woman
- Jessica ManleyAudience Member