
A Midwinter's Tale (1995)
In the Bleak Midwinter
The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.
99 min
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.
- Release date
- December 21, 1995
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Michael Maloney as Joe Harper (Hamlet)
- Richard Briers as Henry Wakefield (Claudius, the Ghost, and the Player King)
- Joan Collins as Margaretta D'Arcy
- Nicholas Farrell as Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers)
- Julia Sawalha as Nina Raymond (Ophelia)
- Celia Imrie as Fadge
- John Sessions as Terry Du Bois
- Jennifer Saunders as Nancy Crawford
- Gerard Horan as Carnforth Greville (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Horatio, and Barnardo)
- Mark Hadfield as Vernon Spatch (Polonius, Marcellus, and First Gravedigger)
- Hetta Charnley as Molly
- Adrian Scarborough as Young actor
- Brian Pettifer as Ventriloquist
- Patrick Doyle as Scotsman
- Shaun Prendergast as Mule Train Man
- Allie Byrne as Tap Dancer
- Katy Carmichael as Mad Puppet Woman
- Robert Hines as Mortimer
- Edward Jewesbury as Nina's Father
Crew
- Kenneth Branagh · Director
- Kenneth Branagh · Writer
- David Barron · Producer
- Jimmy Yuill · Composer
- Roger Lanser · Cinematographer
- Neil Farrell · Editor
- Tim Harvey · Production designer