Dance of Death
(DÖDSDANSEN)
The Other Place, RSC
by August Strindberg
Translated from the Swedish by Michael Meyer
This was a Royal Shakespeare Company production of both parts of Strindberg’s Dance of Death.
It opened at The Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on 3rd February 1978 and then transferred first to the RSC Warehouse theatre in Covent Garden where it opened on 7th March, and then to the Aldwych Theatre, the RSC’s London home, where it opened on 4th April and played in repertoire until 2nd September 1978.
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Set and Costumes | Mary Moore |
| Lighting | Leo Leibovici |
Cast
| Edgar | Emrys James |
| Alice | Sheila Allen |
| Kurt | Alan David |
| Jenny | Deirdra Morris |
| Old Woman | Myrtle Moss |
| Allan | Anton Lesser |
| Judith | Lynsey Baxter |
| Lieutenant | Michael Bertenshaw |
| For the second half of the Aldwych Theatre run the part of Allan was played by | Richard Derrington |