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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A story about a group of Oxford undergraduate acting students and their troubled lives while producing (and competing between themselves for a role in) a different version of the classic play "The Duchess of Malfi".
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 63
IMDb5.0
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1982
September 1, 1982
44 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
18 of 18
Hugh GrantLord Adrian
James WilbyJamie
Imogen StubbsImogen
Mark WilliamsWilf- RWRobert WoolleyEdward Blake
- DKDiana KatisAnne
- VSVictoria StuddLucy
- SSSimon ShackletonJustin
- NWNeville WatchurstJulian
Michael HoffmanAlan- MSMark SabanGeoff
Jonathan CullenMartin
Alexander MarengoSimon- JWJennifer WaldmanWaitress
- SBStefan BednarczykPianist
- JWJohn WarnabyTreasurer
- PSPeter SchwabachPresident
- TCTed ColemanBarman
Directing · 1
- Michael Hoffman Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- David Woollcombe Writer
- Rupert Walters Writer
Camera · 1
- Fiona Cunningham-Reid Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Derek Goldman Editor
Sound · 1
- Rachel Portman Original Music Composer
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