

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dorothea Brook

Kevin Smith
Lawrence Hayes

Lisa Chappell
Anne Cooper

Cliff Curtis
Fraser

Michael Hurst
Willam Poyser

Helen Steemson
Gnits
Kiri Mills
Rose

Bridget Armstrong
Mary Anne

Timothy Raby
Mr. Weedle

Geeling Ng
Su Lim
Kate Bartlett
Chorus #1
Johnny Bond
Chorus #2
Ann Coc-Kroft
Chorus #3

Maya Dalziel
Chorus #4
Alison Du Fresne
Chorus #5
Tony Gallagher
Chorus #6
Richard Hanna
Chorus #7

Bruce Hopkins
Chorus #8

Ian Hughes
Chorus #8

Murray Keane
Chorus #10
Stewart Main
Peter Wells, Stewart Main
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