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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
6:07 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday, September 16
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Richard E Grant turns in an excellent performance in this entertaining comic adaptation of George Orwell's book about a Depression-era advertising executive who begins to question the importance of money and embarks on an experimental new lifestyle. Helena Bonham Carter, Harriet Walter, Julian Wadham and Jim Carter co-star. Viewers might be left wondering why, with talent like this, Grant's career hasn't been more impressive
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- Richard E Grant — Actor as Gordon Comstock
- Helena Bonham Carter — Actor as Rosemary
- Harriet Walter — Actor as Julia Comstock
- Julian Wadham — Actor as Ravelston
- Jim Carter — Actor as Erskine
- Lesley Vickerage — Actor as Hermione
- Lill Roughley — Actor as Mrs Trilling
- John Clegg — Actor as McKechnie
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt — Actor as Mrs Wisbeach
- Liz Smith — Actor as Mrs Meakin
- Robert Bierman — Director
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