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.
Susannah York
as Lorraine Barry
Ian Richardson
as Ray Malcolm
Peter Chelsom
as Bryan Snow
Pam Ferris
as Marian Blake
Amanda Donohoe
as Understudy
David Yelland
as Tony Orford
Neville Barber
as Gerald Wentworth
David Swift
as J.C. Roebuck
Jo Kendall
as Linda Copeland
Ben Aris
as Charles Hawkins
Maggie Ollerenshaw
as Usherette
