Desperate Remedies

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

• Stewart MainDirector
• Peter WellsDirector
• Stewart MainWriter
• Peter WellsWriter
• Peter ScholesOriginal Music Composer

• Jennifer Ward-LealandDorothea Brook
• Kevin SmithLawrence Hayes
• Lisa ChappellAnne Cooper
• Cliff CurtisFraser
• Michael HurstWillam Poyser
• Helen SteemsonGnits
• Kiri MillsRose
• Bridget ArmstrongMary Anne
• Timothy RabyMr. Weedle
• Geeling NgSu Lim
• Kate BartlettChorus #1
• Johnny BondChorus #2