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Dear Brutus

19811h 20mMovie

"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J. M. Barrie's fantasy play, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.

DirectorAlan Bridges
WriterJ.M. Barrie

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Cast · Directed by Alan Bridges

FFFrank Finlay
Frank Finlay
Dearth
SBSarah Badel
Sarah Badel
Alice Dearth
NSNigel Stock
Nigel Stock
Coade
PEPeter Egan
Peter Egan
Purdie
SJStratford Johns
Stratford Johns
Matey
ARAngharad Rees
Angharad Rees
Lady Caroline
JDJoanna David
Joanna David
Mabel Purdie
AWAlan Webb
Alan Webb
Lob
ESElizabeth Sellars
Elizabeth Sellars
Mrs. Coade
ASAngela Scoular
Angela Scoular
Joanna Trout
CSChloe Salaman
Chloe Salaman
Margaret

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