"An IFPA prodution." "Made in association with Jaras Entertainments." Filmed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. David Morse (The rake), Nikola Katrak (The betrayed girl), Kim Reeder (The dancing master), David Bintley (Man with a rope), Michael Corder (The rake's friend/a card player), Susan Crow (Betrayed girl's mother), Chenca Williams (The dancer), Siobhan Stanley (The ballad singer), dancers of the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet ; Peter Wright, artistic director ; Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor.
Summary:
A young man squanders his newly inherited fortune in brothels and gambling dens. His fall is swift, and he is ultimately cast into Bedlam, London's notorious madhouse, where, wasted by disease and consumed by remorse, he ends his days.
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