Handel's Last Chance
01/01/1996
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.
Drama
TV Movie
Movie Information
Leon Pownall
as George Friedrich Handel
Tod Fennell
as Jamie O'Flaherty
Gerard Parkes
as Jonathan Swift
Seana McKenna
as Mary Margaret O'Flaherty
Cody Jones
as Wee Hugh Brannigan
Jennifer Rockett
as Miss Abbott
Jan Nemejovský
as Headmaster
