In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's (Vanessa Redgrave's) well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.

A family spends their last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.

Based on `The Waves' by Virginia Woolf. The thoughts and feelings of six people are examined as they prepare for a farewell dinner for a mutual friend, Percival, who is leaving for India.

Inspired by Virginia Woolf's Orlando, magic transformations give rise to multiple and eccentric character roles for the same extraordinary woman.