An Awfully Big Adventure - UK (1995), directed by Mike Newell from the novel by Beryl Bainbridge. in 1947 a gullible 15 year old girl (Georgina Cates) joins a rundown Liverpool repertory theatre, where she falls in love with its manipulative director (Hugh Grant), and has an affair with the leading actor (Alan Rickman). Also features Prunella Scales and Rita Tushingham.