Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
Richard Roxburgh
as Percy Grainger
Barbara Hershey
as Rose Grainger
Emily Woof
as Karen Holten
Claudia Karvan
as Alfhild de Luce
Simon Burke
as Herman Sandby
Linda Cropper
as Mrs. Lowery
Julia Blake
as Queen Alexandra
Bille Brown
as John Grainger
Martin Jacobs
as Doctor
Fiona Press
as Jenny the Maid
Genevieve Mooy
as Ada Crossley
Peter Whitford
as Tour Manager
