England, My England is a 1995 British historical film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Michael Ball, Simon Callow, Lucy Speed and Robert Stephens. It depicts the life of the composer Henry Purcell, seen through the eyes of a playwright in the 1960s who is trying to write a play about him. It was written by John Osborne and Charles Wood.
Cast
Simon Callow ... Charles II
Michael Ball ... Henry Purcell
Rebecca Front ... Mary II
Lucy Speed ... Nell Gwyn
Letitia Dean ... Lady Castlemaine
Nina Young ... Frances Purcell
John Shrapnel ... Samuel Pepys
Robert Stephens ... John Dryden
Terence Rigby ... Captain Henry Cooke
Bill Kenwright ... Bill
Murray Melvin ... Earl of Shaftesbury
Corin Redgrave ... William of Orange
John Fortune ... Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Guy Henry ... James II
Peter Woodthorpe ... Kiffen
Edward Michie ... Young Harry
Tom Shrapnel ... Young Pelham
Antonia de Sancha ... Louise
Constantine Gregory ... Colonel Wharton
Rebecca Tremain ... Catherine of Bragança
Vernon Dobtcheff ... Dr. Spratt
Tim Newton ... Harry Purcell Snr
Patricia Quinn ... Elizabeth Purcell
David Thomas ... John Gostling
James Saxon ... Vyner
Michael John Wade ...Baron of Clifford and Chudleigh
Brook Williams ... Priest
Leslie Ashton ... Bishop
David Spinx ... Smith