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?

Cast

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Dorothea Brook

Kevin Smith

Lawrence Hayes

Lisa Chappell

Anne Cooper

Cliff Curtis

Fraser

Michael Hurst

Willam Poyser

Helen Steemson

Gnits

Bridget Armstrong

Mary Anne

Timothy Raby

Mr. Weedle

Geeling Ng

Su Lim

Kiri Mills

Rose