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Poppy Shakespeare is a 2006 novel about mental illness by Clare Allan. It tells the story of day patients at a mental health hospital. The central characters are Poppy Shakespeare, a new patient, and "N", a long-term patient. Poppy arrives at the hospital strongly asserting that she is sane and demanding to be released from the program. To gain legal aid she must first prove she is sick so that she can get "MAD money", a.k.a. state benefits. She is befriended by N, who helps her work the system.
Original Release
03/31/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Maxwell Martin | N |
Tessa Peake-Jones | Rhona |
Claire Benedict | Rosetta |
Kolade Agboke | Wesley |
Adrian Scarborough | Middle Class Michael |
Cathy Murphy | Astrid |
Marie Critchley | Tina |
Bruce MacLeod | Brian The Butcher |
Penny Layden | Sue |
Kerry Godliman | Verna |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Maxwell Martin | N |
Tessa Peake-Jones | Rhona |
Claire Benedict | Rosetta |
Kolade Agboke | Wesley |
Adrian Scarborough | Middle Class Michael |
Cathy Murphy | Astrid |
Marie Critchley | Tina |
Bruce MacLeod | Brian The Butcher |
Penny Layden | Sue |
Kerry Godliman | Verna |
Josef Altin | Zubin |
Michelle Dockery | Dawn |
Janine Birkett | Candid |
Jonathan Cullen | Tony |
Nicholas Beveney | Security Sharon |
Naomie Harris | Poppy / Poppy Shakespeare |
Gerard Fletcher | Male Nurse |
Darrell D'Silva | Banker Bill |
Simon Kunz | Peter Flea |
Nicholas Woodeson | Professor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles Steel | Producer |
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo | Producer |
Alasdair Flind | Producer |