Poppy (1984)
Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
- Date of release
- 1984-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Director
- David G. Hillier
Casting
- Ken Wynne — Emperor of China
- Nichola McAuliffe — Queen Victoria
- David Firth — Jack Idle
- Christopher Hurst — Randy
- Andrew Thomas James — Randy
- Janet Shaw — Sally Forth
- Andrea Chance — Cherry
- Samantha Hughes — Cherry
- Geoffrey Hutchings — Lady 'Dodo'
- Antonia Ellis — Dick Whittington
- Leo Andrew — Clerk
- Jimmy Cassidy — Clerk
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