Adapted by Ariane Mnouchkine

From the novel by Klaus Mann,
in a new translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Opened at the Barbican 29 March 1986

 

 Cast of Characters

 Rickman arms folded

 

 Sebastian Bruckner

  Sean Baker

 Hendrik Höfgen

  Alan Rickman

 Carola Martin

  Susan Tracy

 Theresa

  Penelope Freeman

 Hans Miklas

  Paul Spence

 Magnus

  Joseph O'Conor

 Mr. Knurr

  Mike Murray

 Otto

  Clive Russell

 Mrs. Efeu

  Ruby Head

 Alex

  Tom Mannion

 Miriam

  Susan Colverd

 Juliette

  Cathy Tyson

 Nicolletta

  Pauline Moran

 Erika Brukner

  Fiona Shaw

 Theo Sarder

  Clive Merrison**

 Lorenz

  Russell Boulter

 Matre d'hotel

  Murray Ewen

 Singer

  Andrew Yeats

 Officer

  Richard Conway

 Hitler

  Emma D'Inverno

 Thomas Bruckner

  Mark Dignam

 Emelyne

  Emma D'Inverno

 Ludwig

  Murray Ewan

 Josthinkel

  Paul Webster

  Other parts played by the company
and Janiene Gore, Thomas Kett, Simon Roberts

 Directed by :

  Adrian Noble

 Decor:

  John Gunter

 Costumes:

  Dierdre Clancy

 Lighting:

  Mark Henderson

 Music:

  Ilona Sekacz

 Choreography:

  Lesley Hutchinson

 Music director:

  Timothy Higgs

 Assistant director:

  Roger Michell

   

 
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Random Notes:


**Clive Merrison also appeared with Alan Rickman as Desmond Fairchild in An Awfully Big Adventure.

Ariane Mnouchkine also wrote: Theatre and Politics: An International Anthology . Published by Ubu Repertory Theater Publications, 1990; 470 pp. $15.95. ISBN: 0913745324.

A book on Mnouchkine: Ariane Mnouchkine and the Theatre du Soleil by Adrian Kiermander, 1993. PN:2636M445K54 1993.

Biography on Gustaf Grundgens: Gustaf Gruendgens by H. Goertz, 1982.

Click here for more information on Mnouchkine and the Theatre du Soleil; be forewarned that it's in German.

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