Overview
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.
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DirectorKenneth Branagh
WriterKenneth Branagh
Cast
Michael Maloney
Joe
Richard Briers
Henry
Joan Collins
Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha
Nina
Celia Imrie
Fadge
John Sessions
Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders
Nancy
Gerard Horan
Carnforth
Mark Hadfield
Vernon Spatch
Hetta Charnley
Molly
Adrian Scarborough
Young actor
Brian Pettifer
Ventriloquist
Patrick Doyle
Scotsman
Shaun Prendergast
Mule Train Man
Allie Byrne
Tap Dancer
Katy Carmichael
Mad Puppet Woman
Ann Davies
Mrs Branch
James D. White
Tim
Robert Hines
Mortimer
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Keywords
transvestitetheatre groupblack and whitenostalgichamletchristmasgay themetheater
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026