1992
Director: Sally Potter
Writer: Sally Potter - Virginia Woolf (novel)
Producer: Laurie Borg - Christopher Sheppard - Lynn Hanke - Martine Kelly - Richard Salmon
Music: David Bedford - Fred Frith - David Motion - Sally Potter - Georg F. Händel (aria "Where'er You Walk" from "Semele")
Art Directior: Michael Buchanan - Michael Howells
Costume Design: Sandy Powell - Dien van Straalen
Makeup: Jan Archibald - Sian Grigg - Morag Ross
Quentin Crisp plays Elizabeth I in this bizarre tale based on
Virginia Woolf's novel. Based upon Virginia
Woolf's novel; a comely, immortal youth experiences life from the point of view
of both sexes as s/he moves through four centuries of social change.
Cast List:
Tilda Swinton | .... | Orlando |
Quentin Crisp | .... | Queen Elizabeth I |
Jimmy Somerville | .... | Falsetto/Angel |
John Bott | .... | Orlando's Father |
Elaine Banham | .... | Orlando's Mother |
Anna Farnworth | .... | Clorinda |
Sara Mair-Thomas | .... | Favilla |
Anna Healy | .... | Euphrosyne |
Toby Stephens | .... | Othello |
Dudley Sutton | .... | King James I |
Simon Russell Beale | .... | Earl of Moray |
Matthew Sim | .... | Lord Francis Vere |
Jerome Willis | .... | Translator |
Viktor Stepanov | .... | Russian Ambassador |
Charlotte Valandrey | .... | Princess Sasha |
Mary MacLeod | .... | First Older Woman |
Barbara Hicks | .... | Second Older Woman |
Aleksandr Medvedev | .... | Russian Sailor |
Oleg Pogodin | .... | Desdemona |
George Yiasoumi | .... | First Valet |
Toby Jones | .... | Second Valet |
Robert Demeger | .... | Third Valet |
Lol Coxhill | .... | First Butler |
Thom Osborn | .... | Doctor |
Giles Taylor | .... | Tenor |
Heathcote Williams | .... | Nick Greene/Publisher |
Thom Hoffman | .... | King William of Orange |
Sarah Crowden | .... | Queen Mary |
Lothaire Bluteau | .... | The Khan |
John Wood | .... | Archduke Harry |
Hugh Munro | .... | Second Butler |
Peter Hayward | .... | Harpsichordist |
Andrew Watts | .... | Counter Tenor |
Kathryn Hunter | .... | Countess |
Roger Hammond | .... | Swift |
Peter Eyre | .... | Pope |
Ned Sherrin | .... | Addison |
Cyril Lecomte | .... | Young French Man |
Olivia Lancelot | .... | Young French Woman |
John Grillo | .... | First Official |
Martin Wimbush | .... | Second Official |
Billy Zane | .... | Shelmerdine |
Terence Soall | .... | Third Butler |
Jessica Swinton | .... | Orlando's Daughter |
John Byrne | .... | Courtier |