Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical endeavour to her best advantage, meets her match when she must trust her success to an equally willful stage director.
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Susannah York
Lorraine Barry
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Gerald Wentworth
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Alan Dossor Director · Stanley Price Screenplay Noël Coward Writer
First release November 10, 1985 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Masterpiece, BBC Film
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BBC
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Masterpiece
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BBC Film
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Masterpiece Theatre
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · November 10, 1985
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