Caucasian Chalk Circle

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.

The original creative team and cast are as follows:

CREATIVE TEAM

Director - John Caird
Design - Chris Dyer

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