Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Anthony Hopkins | ... | Ieuan Davies | |
Leslie Phillips | ... | Prof. Alexander Blathwaite | |
Kate Burton | ... | Helen Blathwaite | |
Gawn Grainger | ... | Dr. Michael Lloyd | |
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Rhian Morgan | ... | Sian Blathwaite |
Menna Trussler | ... | Gwen | |
Rhoda Lewis | ... | Mair Davies | |
Hugh Lloyd | ... | Thomas Prosser | |
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Huw Garmon | ... | Dafydd Edwards |
Rhys Ifans | ... | Griffiths | |
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Susan Ellen Flynn | ... | Rhianon (as Susan Flynn) |
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Buddug Morgan | ... | Nesta |
Victoria Pugh | ... | Housemaid | |
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Ioan Meredith | ... | Quarry Foreman |
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Jâms Thomas | ... | Quarryman |
Chekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquility of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estate's tyrannical owner and his American wife. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
What a shame to see the excellent actor, Anthony Hopkins, make such an inept effort at directing. This movie is about a group of miserable Welsh gentry who have nothing better to do than make each other as unhappy as they know how. This is a sort of childish attempt to imitate "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" with a larger cast. There is no character that seems like a real person (other than in an institution) and will bore most anyone to sleep. I watched to the end just to see if Hopkins would improve with experience. He didn't.