Poppy

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.

Director: David G. Hillier

Casts

	Ken Wynne as Emperor of China
	Nichola McAuliffe as Queen Victoria
	David Firth as Jack Idle
	Christopher Hurst as Randy
	Andrew Thomas James as Randy
	Janet Shaw as Sally Forth
	Andrea Chance as Cherry
	Samantha Hughes as Cherry
	Geoffrey Hutchings as Lady 'Dodo'
	Antonia Ellis as Dick Whittington
	Leo Andrew as Clerk
	Jimmy Cassidy as Clerk
	Stewart Mackintosh as Clerk
	Tano Rea as Clerk
	Alfred Marks as Obadiah Upward
	John Watts as Lin Tse-Tsii
	David Bacon as Teng Tin Chen
	Sarah Lam as Yo-Yo
	Philip Tsaras as Tiger
	Antony Simons as Elephant
	Mark White as Elephant
	Samantha Hughes as Chinese Dancer
	Mark White as Lord Palmerston
	Wayne Aspinall as
	Julie Kirk as
	Julia Lintott as
	Jan Revere as
	Diane Simmons as
	Donald Waugh as

Crew