Annie is an actress who is married to Max but is conducting an affair with Henry. She urges Henry to come clean about the affair but is in fact the one who reveals it to Max. In Act II Annie lands the part of August Strindberg's Miss Julie in a Glaswegain production of that play and begins an adulterous affair with her co-star Billy.
Annie is politically idealistic, and dedicates herself to the campaign for Brodie's release. She encourages Brodie to write an autobiographical play, believing that it will renew support for the campaign. Brodie's play is so poorly written that Annie enlists Henry to re-write it, refusing, however, to admit to him that it is badly written. Henry at first refuses to cooperate with her but eventually capitulates. In the final scene, Annie.....
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