Synopsis
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Cast
Tilda Swinton
Orlando
Billy Zane
Shelmerdine
Lothaire Bluteau
The Khan
John Wood
Archduke Harry
Charlotte Valandrey
Sasha
Heathcote Williams
Nick Greene / Publisher
Quentin Crisp
Queen Elizabeth I
Peter Eyre
Mr. Pope
Thom Hoffman
King William of Orange
Kathryn Hunter
Countess
Ned Sherrin
Mr. Addison
Jimmy Somerville
Singer / Angel
Dudley Sutton
King James I
John Bott
Orlando's Father
Elaine Banham
Orlando's Mother
Anna Farnworth
Clorinda
Sara Mair-Thomas
Favilla
Anna Healy
Euphrosyne
Simon Russell Beale
Earl of Moray
Matthew Sim
Lord Francis Vere
Jerome Willis
Translator
Viktor Stepanov
Russian Ambassador
Mary MacLeod
First Woman
Barbara Hicks
Second Woman
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