Orlando

 

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

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