Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.
Geraldine Somerville
as Daphne Du Maurier
Elizabeth McGovern
as Ellen Doubleday
Janet McTeer
as Gertrude Lawrence
Natalie Best
as Maid
Felicity Montagu
as Director, 'September Tide'
Andrew Havill
as Tommy Browning
Christopher Malcolm
as Nelson Doubleday
Malcolm Sinclair
as Noel Coward
Tim Ahern
as Dickie
Nicholas Murchie
as New York Prosecutor
Jay Taylor
as Evan Davies - Actor, 'September Tide'
Jenny Howe
as Tod
