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Poppy (1984)
Directed by David G. Hillier
· 2h 00m
Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Cast
K
Ken Wynne
Emperor of China
N
Nichola McAuliffe
Queen Victoria
David Firth
Jack Idle
C
Christopher Hurst
Randy
A
Andrew Thomas James
Randy
Janet Shaw
Sally Forth
A
Andrea Chance
Cherry
S
Samantha Hughes
Cherry
Geoffrey Hutchings
Lady 'Dodo'
Antonia Ellis
Dick Whittington
Leo Andrew
Clerk
J
Jimmy Cassidy
Clerk
Crew
- Director
- David G. Hillier
- Writer
- Peter Nichols, Monty Norman
- Producer
- Charles Thompson
Details
- Release date
- 1984-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- IFPA, ALMI Television Productions