Handel's Last Chance

Directed by Milan Cheylov

Written by Marlene Matthews, David Devine

As the film opens, the career of George Frideric Handel is in tatters. Invited to Dublin to present the premiere of a new choral work, The Messiah, he can't find singers adequate for the job. A boy who steals a chicken runs into Mr. Handel. The boy's Mother was NOT an employee at the Cathedral, she cleaned and ironed shirts, so the mother "bribes" Mr. Handel with non-starched shirts to save her boy from being in jail. The choir sucks until the washer lady's son is discovered by Handel.

Cast

Leon Pownall

George Friedrich Handel

Tod Fennell

Jamie O'Flaherty

Gerard Parkes

Jonathan Swift

Seana McKenna

Mary Margaret O'Flaherty

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Cody Jones

Wee Hugh Brannigan

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Jennifer Rockett

Miss Abbott

Jan Nemejovský

Headmaster