The Play on One (1988) | Full Cast

Stars (in credits order)

Kenneth Cranham

Joe Shawcross

Tom Watson

Donald Dick

Susan Wooldridge

Deb

Phyllis Logan

Andrea

Jack Shepherd

Malcolm Sloman

Elaine Paige

Anne Clark

David Lansbury

Daniel

Mark Lewis Jones

Constable Davis

Tony Roper

Bruce

Anne Kristen

Audrey

Andy Gray

Eddie

Billy McElhaney

Joe

Terry Cavers

Miss Keats

Michael Keating

Charlie

Gawn Grainger

Brian

Ida Schuster

Gladys

Emlyn Price

Greg

Irene Sunters

Mrs. Mangan

Jenny McCrindle

Aileen

Andrew Barr

Alan Calder

Jean Bruce

Mrs. Keats

Grace Glover

Mrs. McAlister

Matt Costello

Ally

Paul Samson

Football supporter

Anton Lesser

Vincenzo

Harvey Keitel

Carl

Andrew Keir

John Tagg

T.P. McKenna

Michael

Russell Hunter

Ian Sinclair

Anthony Hopkins

Jack

Diana Rigg

Lydia

James Fox

Nick Verney

Nigel Hawthorne

John

Griff Rhys Jones

Harry Clark

Harry Andrews

Arthur

Judy Sweeney

Linda

Duncan MacDonald

Robert Calder

Rosanna Arquette

Sarah Weiss

Janet McTeer

Dr. Juliet Horwitz

Ian Carmichael

Bartholomew 'Chalky' White

Pip Donaghy

Martin

Tam White

John McGuire

James Convey

Private Jeg Ross

Colin Firth

Alan

Paula Tilbrook

Effie

Edna Doré

Betty

Suzan Sylvester

Rachel

John Matshikiza

Wycliffe Kato

Philip Jackson

Greg

Richard Wilson

Max

Clive Mantle

Bud

Maurice Roëves

Jack

Elizabeth Sellars

Jean Sutherland

Gerard Kelly

Charley Hood

Andrew Byatt

Willie

Brenda Blethyn

Miss A.

Lindsay Duncan

Gutrune Day

Kenneth Colley

Inspector Tennyson

Lynn Farleigh

Rachel

Angela Down

Eve

Louise Beattie

Gail

Fletcher Mathers

Brenda

David Campbell

Gordon Gunn

Aidan Gillen

Harry

David Suchet

Joe

Roy Marsden

David Caesar

Ronald Fraser

Timothy Apcar

Ryan Quinn

Billy

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Chirsty

Rudolph Walker

Kimumwe

Elaine Collins

Eloise

Bert Parnaby

Bill

Julie Graham

Sandra

Stella Gonet

Rachel

David Calder

Douglas

Paul Higgins

Murdo Caldwell

Catherine Russell

Madeline

Thorley Walters

Mr. Finister

Martin Cochrane

Murray

Carol Drinkwater

Maggie

Joanna David

Elizabeth

Karl Johnson

Charles

Ciaran Madden

Catherine

Stephen Moore

Charlie

Del Henney

Glidden

Glyn Houston

Old Jack

Julia Wallace

Mrs. Donald

Laura Claire Duerden

Mary Clark

Tim Roth

Peter Pike

Eleanor Bron

Lady Elspeth MacIlvrae

Clare Grogan

Anne

Harold Innocent

Napoleon

Polly Hemingway

Nurse Nimmo

John Lynch

Rudy

Gordon Jackson

Jessop Brown

Hugh Ross

John

Leslie Sands

Tom

Oke Wambu

Kasujja

Anne Downie

Mary

Oliver Cotton

Andrew Ford

Hugh Lloyd

Wattie

Frederick Warder

Ferdi

Tim Brierley

Jimmy Dunne

Adam Crowther

Craigie Stein

Jacqueline Gilbride

Julia

Clive Russell

Mowat

Jon Finch

Finn

John Duttine

Tim

Ewan Stewart

Phil

Quona Minster

Ella

Benjie Lawrence

John Clark

Denise McDonald

Jeannie

Bill Paterson

Alex McPherson

Antony Sher

Captain Edmund Lambert

Duncan Duff

Brian

Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Thackeray

Cathy Tyson

Julie

Simon Oates

Politician

Eilidh Alexander

Dawn

John Adewole

Okech

Ricco Ross

Larry

Marsha A. Hunt

Elvi Rogers

Alex McCrindle

Wilf

Katherine Stark

Ruth

Madeleine Christie

Aggie

Edith Ruddick

Mrs. Blackie

Tony Betts

Rab McGuigan

David Bradley

Harry

Charlotte Coleman

Irene Blakely

Robert Gwilym

Beuno

Stephanie Fayerman

Karen

Anthony Dutton

Sgt. Bliss

Martin Glyn Murray

Glyn

Jim Twaddale

Willie

Robbie Engels

Harry

Imelda Staunton

Cheryl Newman

Sandra Voe

Sister McCabe

Ivor Roberts

Mr. Thackeray

William Steel

Young McGuire

Dexter Fletcher

Anthony

David Michaels

Will

Richard Braine

Journalist

Leo Wringer

Nambale

Nickolas Grace

Paul Mann

Rob Walker

'Grease' Ball

Jennifer Piercey

Mrs. Campbell

Stevan Rimkus

John

Hugh Fraser

Saunders

Alexander Davion

Alan

Tom Knight

Jones

Andrew Robertson

Jim

Jackie Farrell

Tam

Noel Collins

Ray

Cindy Holden

Angharad

Tommy Docherty

McIntyre

Adrian Murphy

Martin Kemp

Ciarán Hinds

Martin Pitt

Rachel Robertson

Young Betsy Hall

Patrick Cremin

Businessman

Jason Boyle

Gus

Wendy Morgan

Liz

Rod Culbertson

Supt. Benson

Eddie Nestor

Sendawula

Paul Stacey

Mike

Siobhan Redmond

Clare Lafferty

Norman Beaton

ACTOR

Kika Mirylees

Morag Stevenson

Katy Murphy

Ishbel

Bob Mason

Eddie Shawcross

Hugh Martin

Willie's father

Belinda Adye

Reader in library

Ian Hart

Christie

Alex Kingston

Daniella

Robert East

Wyn

Paul Humpoletz

Grosz

Finlay Welsh

Alec

Elizabeth Chambers

Alice

Lennox Greaves

Billy

Jim Baxter

Self

Angus MacInnes

Barney Bascoe

Ian Bailey

Businessman

Jonathan Kydd

Keil

Thomas Baptiste

Minawa

Sharon Duce

Joan Glenn

Joseph Charles

Doctor

David Rintoul

Rev Douglas Wyllie

Stuart Davids

Michael

Mary Conlon

Kara Massingham

Lesley Jackson

Morag

Sean Chapman

Danny

Jane Horrocks

Pam

Jake D'Arcy

Peter Taylor

Ann Curthoys

Madge

Alex Howden

Neil

Nina Cowan

Daisy

Pauline Thompson

Julie Glidden

Bill McCabe

Barman

Helena Gillies

Miss Rollo

Keith Marsh

Mr. Jackson

Hepburn Graham

Chief SRB man

Kenneth Bryans

Assassin

Dominique Atkins

Angelique

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Joan

Alex McAvoy

Trinkle kid

Kate McKenzie

Susie Plaistow

Geoffrey Whitehead

Maurice

Elaine Donnelly

Christine

Aline Mowat

Mrs. Calder

Patricia Kane

Lil

Audrey Jenkinson

Jackie

Mary Ann Reid

Mrs. Taylor

Eva Lohman

Susannah

Mamie Stirling

Sarah

Gemma Heritage

Cathy

Sheila Donald

Mrs. Ross

Chas Bryer

Barman

Margery Mason

Mrs. Jackson

Valentine Nonyela

State research bureau man

Bill Cashmore

Phil

Vincent Riotta

Richard Maine

Bill Barclay

Jon

Anne Maria McAuley

Mother with baby

Simon Donald

Policeman

Louis Emerick

Bill

Peter Hughes

Mortimer

Chloe Salaman

Anita

Hilary Maclean

Student

Derek Anders

Scout

Howell Evans

Sid

Mike Hayward

Yori

Stewart Ennis

Jim

Geoffrey Greenhill

Pub regular

Fenella Kerr

Miss Christie

Angela Douglas

Helen

Tunde Babs

State research bureau man

Tina Deen

Amanda

Craig Ferguson

Eddie

Siv Borg

Milanka

Malcolm Kaye

Ken

William Blair

First student

Lloyd McGuire

Jack

Charlotte Attenborough

Teasel

Moir Leslie

April

Billy Riddoch

Fat George

Hubert Rees

Bank Manager

Douglas Anderson

Paul

James Culshaw

Griff

Chanel Stringfellow

Brenda (aged 9)

Lewis George

Policeman

Laurence McCann

Private Ebe Dickie

Christian Dixon

State research bureau man

Daniel Strauss

Chef

Patrick Doyle

Pat

Nigel Lambert

Bill

Keith Neill

Second student

Jenny Twigge

June

Michael Howe

Gustav

David Quilter

Minister

Al T. Kossy

Roy Brabham

John Cunningham

Oswald

Maggie MacRitchie

Secretary

Anna Linstrum

Angharad's Voice

Kerry Arthur

Wendy

Ewan Marshall

Rifleman Stanley Fielding

Stephen Morris

Violinist

Angela Morant

Sarah

Stephen K. Amos

State research bureau man

Ron Donachie

Drunk on ferry

Carl Rigg

Geoff

Ian Briggs

Football supporter

Richenda Carey

Ann

Andrew Seear

Arnold

Mitzi Mueller

Rocking woman

Geoffrey Evans

Detective

Richard Cartledge

Tommy Glidden

Marcus Railton

First squaddie

Ralph Riach

Fr Maxwell

Gabrielle Reidy

Gillian

Jabu Mbalo

Military guard

Andy Secombe

Simon

Maggie Bell

Club singer

Andrew Celli

Football supporter

Bill Bellamy

Antique dealer

Kate Fahy

Indiana

Sam Miller

Brian

Patricia Ross

Janice

John Murtagh

Adamson

Sandra Gough

Housing officer

Peter Yapp

Peter

Kenneth McFadyen

Second squaddie

Margaretta Scott

Countess of Ardarroch

David Jackson

Stan

Raymond Johnson

Military guard

Alan Downer

Owen

Stewart G. Aitken

Football supporter

David Tennant

Third squaddie

Iain McColl

Older cop

Simon James

Det Sgt Day

Gareth Morris

Joe

Subash Singh Pall

Clerk in post office

Frannie Parkes

Penelope

Christopher Elwell-Sutton

George

Geof Armstrong

Private Eric Charlton

Valerie Buchanan

Pat

Ilario Bisi-Pedro

Military guard

Eric Allan

Len

Michael Fitzgerald

Jasper

Ian Sexon

Younger cop

Chris Connor

Furtive man

Matthew Hutchings

Thomas

Richard Bell

David

Jim Brogan

Lance-Bombardier Jacky Hall

Rachel Ogilvy

Ann

Dorothy Brown

Woman prisoner

Bill Caddick

Steady Eddie

Grace Kirby

Nursery teacher

Daniel Rodgers

Chris

Alan Tall

Vagrant

Lydia Hutchings

Tamsin

Joy Elias-Rilwan

SRB receptionist

Tara Ward

Mary

Katy Hale

Art student

Edmund Dehn

Leader writer

Jill Balcon

Magistrate

Alison Gorton

Teddy's secretary

Julie Marshall

Ann

Brown Derby

Jardine

Ian Roberts

Joseph

Eliza Langland

Toyshop assistant

Penny Sharp

Janet

Colin Duthie

Colin

Reginald Tsiboe

Kalibbala

Bridget McCann

Health visitor

Wendy Bishop

Liz

John Wilson-Goddard

Sergeant Tyler

Christopher Gilbert

SRB driver

Sheila Greer Smith

Tour guide

Simon Rodgers

Roy

Peter Hull

Lofty

Troy Fairclough

Prisoner

Gordon Kane

House agent

Brian Quinn

Brian

Garry Stewart

Shinton

Dex Warren

Maule the gardener

Pandora Clifford

Horsewoman

Miriam Margolyes

Laughter

Linda Henry

Carol Fairwater

Jonny Phillips

Philip Colthard

Kenny Ireland

Norman Jarvis

Lynn Anderson

Betsy Hall

Luke Hanson

Colin Skye

Diane Robin

Date

Frankie Boyle

Boy Gardeneruncredited

Cim Ashton

Young Racheluncredited

Cat Mantra

Dineruncredited

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