The Last Words of Dolly Pentreath (1993)
The 'last' Cornish speaker (who died in 1777) returns to contemporary Cornwall to investigate the state of the language.
- Released
- 1993-01-01
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Bill Scott
Cast
- Keri Jessiman as Dolly Pentreath
- George Ansell as Grand Bard
- Steven Calamy as Man in Shed
- Julia MacLean as English Lady
- Paddy Crawford as Surfer
- Orlando Bishop as Language Enthusiast
- Tom Newman as Surfer
- Tony Kilmartin as Surfer
- Paul Dunbar as Farmer
- Anne Sandercock as Mother in car
- Gowan Sandercock as Boy in car
- Lowena Sandercock as Girl in car