Playwright

• Peter Luke Adaptation
• Frederick William Rolfe Source Material

Director

• Bryan Hennessey

Cast

• Charlie Tomlinson Frederick William Rolfe
• Janis Spence Mrs. Nancy Crowe, his landlady/Mrs. Agnes Dixon, his charlady
• Christopher Jones Ist BaiIiff/Dr. Talacryn, Bishop of Caerleon
• John Holmes 2nd BaiIiff/Dr. Courtleigh, Cardinal-Archbishop of Pimlico
• Bryan Hennessey Jeremiah Sant
• Michael Wade Cardinal Ragna, Secretary of State of the Vatican
• Philip Dinn Father St. Albans, Prepositor General of the Society of Jesus
• Paul Rowe Cardinal Berstein/The Rector of St. Andrew's College
• Beni Malone George Arthur Rose

Crew

• Ann Anderson Producer/Publicist
• Elly Cohen Set Designer
• Graham Howcroft Set Designer
• Frank Barry Set Builder
• Paddy Connors Set Builder
• Flip Janes Lighting Designer & Technician
• Deborah Clarke Costume Designer
• Vicki Hammond Production Assistant
• Justin Hall Publicity Photographer
• Gerry Porter Billboard

Description

As Pope Hadrian VII, Rolf proves his intelligence, his stubbornness and his eccentricity as the most unworldy Pope in centuries – a Pope who scourges the Cardinals of the Church for their vanity and hypocrisy, who scorns privilege and ceremony and smokes hand rolled cigarettes on the Papal throne, and who sells the treasures of the Vatican to help ease the misery of the world’s poor.

Production type

• RCA Production