The Fool

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.

Derek Jacobi

(Mr. Frederick / Sir John)

Paul Brooke

(Lord Paramount)

Julian Firth

John Tams

Ian Targett

Paddy Ward

Jo Warne

Chris Whittingham

Rory Murray

(Henry Ottaway)

Corin Redgrave

(Sir Thomas Neathouse)

Sally Ashby

Brenda Bruce

Cindy Oswin

Bernard Padden

Emma Piper

John Warner

Roger Hammond

(Augustus Roddick)

Alec Wallis

(Marquess)

Marty Cruikshank

Cordelia Ditton

Susan Field

Graham Seed

Stanley Lloyd

Hilary Sesta

Murray Melvin

(Jeremy Ruttle)

Jonathan Cecil

(Sir Martin Locket)

John Atkinson

Una Brandon-Jones

James Greene

Zoe Hicks

Brian Poyser

Norman Lumsden

Richard Clifford

(George Locket)

Bill Wallis

(Henry Beauchamp-Harper)

Rosalind Adler

Rex Doyle

Reginald Jessup

Christine Pilgrim

Joanna Maude

Amanda Wenban

Hugh Lloyd

(Viscount)

Frederick Treves

(Samuel Simpson)

Ben Aris

Gregory Floy

Howard Goorney

Christopher Good

Petra Markham

Ian Lindsay

Irina Brook

(Georgiana Shillibeer)

Sarah Flind

Penny Bunton

Julian Bleach

Jean Murphy

Fiona McAlpine

Anne Romyn

Ann-Marie Gwatkin

(Emily)

James Cosmo

(Mr. Bowring)

Terence Conoley

James Coyle

Stephen Daltry

Kit Jackson

Giles Oldershaw

David Trevena

Miriam Margolyes

(Mrs. Bowring)

Philip McGough

(Mr. Croker)

Iain Andrew

Mara Purcell

Eric Francis

Jack Gittings

Bill Stewart

Peter Wyatt

Ian Gelder

(Henry Gibbs)

Joan Sims

(Lady Daphne)

Beth Ellis

Janet Henfrey

Merelina Kendall

Charmian May

Madeleine Moffat

Phillada Sewell

Dilys Hamlett

(Lady Emma)

Maria Aitken

(Lady Amelia)

Laura Cox

Sally Faulkner

Tamsin Heatley

Darlene Johnson

Kristin Milward

Jane Wymark

Auriol Smith

(Lady Augusta)

Stratford Johns

(Arthur Shillibeer)

Leon Davis

James Grant

Richard Graydon

Bruce Green

Patricia Napier

Peter Stockbridge

Richard Caldicot

(Duke)

Patricia Hayes

(The Dowager Duchess)

Ruth Mitchell

(The Girl)

Jim Carter

(Mr. Blackthorn)

Arthur Kelly

(Grease remover seller)

Tony Frey

Irene Frederick

Siobhan Nicholas

(Chickweed seller)

Robin Meredith

(Crossing sweep)

Miranda Richardson

(Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia)

Joanna Brookes

(Stage actress)

Nora Connolly

(Stage actress)

John Dalby

(Stage actor)

Ron Emslie

(Stage actor)

Knight Mantell

(Stage actor)

Mark Arnold

(Stage actor)

Michael Feast

(Mr. Edwin)

Michael Hordern

(Mr. Tatham)

Peter Bailie

Jan Lower

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

John Moore

Malcolm Mudie

Simon Slater

John McEnery

(Mr. Maclean)

Don Henderson

(Bob)

Michael Andrew

Graham Fletcher-Cook

(Whistling Billy)

David Grahame

Kenneth McClellan

John Tordoff

Robert Terson

Nick Edmett

(Grease buyer)

Michael Medwin

(Mr. Wells)

Raymond Brody

Ronnie Brody

Alan Ford

Mark Lambert

Stewart Permutt

Peter Waddington

Maria Charles

(The Pure Gatherer)

Rosalie Crutchley

(Mrs. Harris)

Ewen Bremner

Ron Cook

Christopher Hancock

(Joe)

Jessica James

Linda Kerr Scott

David Sterne

Preston Lockwood

(Mr. Benjamin)

James Cairncross

(Mr. Trott)

Maurice Elliot

Richard Henry

John Fahey

David Glover

Robert Putt

David Pugh

John Harding

(Mr. Priddle)

Chris Darwin

(Theatre doorman)

Christine Ellerbeck

Harry Jones

Colleen McClure

John Tramper

Nicolas Tennant

(Curley)

Charlie Bartle

Fred Beauman

Stephen Boyes

Johnnie Clayton

David Keyes

(Tom)

Dominic Geary

Philip Gunderson

Ray Martin

Terry John

Arthur Nightingale

Harry Klein

George Savvides

(Mr. Nick)

John Quarmby

Harry Webster

Dawn Charatan

Joan Dainty

Deddie Davies

Mark Knox

Dominic Martinez

Stephen Rashbrook

Vince Starr

Paul Wilce

Michael Mears

Cyril Cusack

(The Ballad Seller)