Caucasian Chalk Circle

Small Scale Tour, RSC

By Bertolt Brecht

Translated by James and Tanya Stern With W.H. Auden

This production was part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's ‘Small-Scale Tour’. It performed in a two-play repertoire with Howard Davies’ production of Much Ado About Nothing, the same actors appearing in both productions.

It toured small venues all around the UK throughout 1979 and opened at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre on 30th January 1980.

Photographs by Chris Davies and Frazer Ashford – and by kind permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Creative Team

Musical Director Andrew Dickson
Assistant Designer Louise Belson
Stage Manager Helen Gaynor
Deputy Stage Manager Hazel Crisp
Assistant Stage Managers Helen Lovat-Fraser & Andy McKee

CAST

Alun Armstrong Azdak/Merchant/Beggar/Stableman
Jill Baker Cook/Ludovica/Sister-in-Law
Jane Carr Grusha Vachnadze
Charlotte Cornwell Natella Abasvili/Merchant Woman
Kenneth Colley Arkadi Tsheidse, the Singer
Andrew Dickson Musician/Ironshirt
Hugh Fraser Georgi Abashvili/Musician/Stableman/Lawyer
Matyelock Gibbs Nurse/Mother-in-Law/Granny Grusinia
Kenny Ireland Shauva/Ironshirt/Blockhead
David John Ironshirt/Young Farmer/Stableboy
Colin McCormack Simon Chachava/ Blackmailer
Clive Merrison Lavrenti/Doctor/Innkeeper/Lawyer
Fred Pearson Kazbeki/Merchant/Farmer
John Rogan Grand Duke/Doctor/Chef/Farmer/Old Man
Roger Sloman Corporal/Drunken Man
Donald Sumpter Yussup/Irakli/Ironshirt/Adjutant