This RSC production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on the 7th September 1989. Ultz’s designs were based on Caird’s Swedish production that played at Klarateatern in Stockholm in 1984.
The production played in repertoire for the rest of the Stratford season and transferred to the Barbican Theatre in London, where it opened on 11th April 1990.
Photographs by Clive Barda
| Written by | William Shakespeare |
| Directed by | John Caird |
| Designed by | Ultz |
| Lighting by | Alan Burrett |
| Music by | Ilona Sekacz |
| Fight Director | Jannica Svärd |
| Choreography by | Matthew Bourne |
| Sound by | Charles Horne |
| Dialect Coach | Penny Dyer |
| Company Voice Work | Cicely Berry / Andrew Wade / Patsy Rodenburg |
| Music Director | Michael Tubbs / John Woolf |
| Assistant Director | Ruth Garnault |
| Design Assistant | Jill Jowett |
| Stage Manager | Maggie MacKay |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Ian Barber |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Lindah Balfour |
| The De Boys household |
| Oliver, oldest son of Sir Roland de Boys | Howard Ward |
| Jaques de Boyes, his youngest brother | Jason Flemyng |
| Orlando, his younger brother | Jerome Flynn |
| Old Adam | Eric Francis |
| Dennis | Adrian Hilton |
| The court |
| Duke Frederick | Clifford Rose |
| Celia, his daughter | Gillian Bevan |
| Rosalind, daughter to Duke Senior | Sophie Thompson |
| Touchstone | Mark Williams |
| Monsieur Le Beau | Hugh Ross |
| Charles, a wrestler | Andrew Tansey |
| Courtiers | Judith Brydon / Joanna Mays / Clara Onyemere / Alison Ruffelle / Cassie Stuart / Alan Cumming / Simon D'Arcy / Jason Flemyng / Andrew Hesker / Adrian Hilton / Maxwell Hutcheon / David Joyce / George Malpas / Craig Pinder |
| The forest |
| Duke Senior | Clifford Rose |
| Amiens | Craig Pinder |
| Foresters | Simon D’Arcy / Jason Flemyng / Andrew Hesker / Adrian Hilton / Maxwell Hutcheon / David Joyce |
| Jaques | Hugh Ross |
| Corin | George Malpas |
| Silvius | Alan Cumming |
| Audrey | Joanna Mays |
| Sir Oliver Martext | Andrew Hesker |
| Phoebe | Cassie Stuart |
| William | Andrew Tansey |
| Hymen | Andrew Tansey |
| Goatgirls | Judith Brydon / Clara Onyemere / Alison Ruffelle |
| Children | Charlene O’Dowd / Louise Potter / Charlotte Potts / Minna Zouhou / Paul Brookes / Andrew Kwan / Robert Langley / Ray Lawley |
| Understudies |
| Celia | Judith Brydon |
| Touchstone | Alan Cumming |
| Charles / William / Hymen | Simon D'Arcy |
| Orlando | Jason Flemyng |
| Jaques / Le Beau | Andrew Hesker |
| Silvius / Jaques de Boys | Adrian Hilton |
| Corin / Adam | Maxwell Hutcheon |
| Oliver / Amiens | David Joyce |
| Rosalind | Clara Onyemere |
| Duke Senior / Duke Frederick | Craig Pinder |
| Phebe / Audrey | Alison Ruffelle |
| Oliver Martext | Howard Ward |
| Flute | Ian Reynolds |
| Violin | Richard Springate |
| Accordion | Jane Sebba |
| Clarinet | Edward Watson |
| Double Bass | John Smith |
| Percussion | Peter Hall / James Jones |
| Keyboards | John Woolf |
| After transferring to the Barbican, the cast remained almost exactly the same. |
| The De Boys household |
| Oliver, oldest son of Sir Roland de Boys | Howard Ward |
| Jaques de Boyes, his youngest brother | Jason Flemyng |
| Orlando, his younger brother | Jerome Flynn |
| Old Adam | Eric Francis |
| Dennis | Adrian Hilton |
| The Court |
| Duke Frederick | Clifford Rose |
| Celia, his daughter | Gillian Bevan |
| Rosalind, daughter to Duke Senior | Sophie Thompson |
| Touchstone | Mark Williams |
| Monsieur Le Beau | Hugh Ross |
| Charles, a wrestler | Andrew Tansey |
| The forest |
| Duke Senior | Clifford Rose |
| Amiens | Craig Pinder |
| Foresters | Simon D’Arcy / Jason Flemyng / Andrew Hesker / Adrian Hilton / Maxwell Hutcheon / David Joyce |
| Jaques | Hugh Ross |
| Corin | George Malpas |
| Silvius | Alan Cumming |
| Audrey | Joanna Mays |
| Sir Oliver Martext | Andrew Hesker |
| Phoebe | Cassie Stuart |
| William | Andrew Tansey |
| Hymen | Andrew Tansey |
| Goatgirls | Lucy Ellis / Alison Ruffelle |
| Pages | Belinda Baldwin / Louisa Baldwin / Josefa Caetano da Rocha / Gethin Davies / Jonathan Freedman / Andrew Funnell / Oliver Gold / Neil Saglani / Amit Shah / Candida Vaz |
| Flute | Ian Reynolds |
| Violin | Richard Springate |
| Accordion | Jane Sebba |
| Clarinet | Edward Watson |
| Double Bass | John Smith |
| Percussion | Peter Hall / James Jones |
| Keyboards | John Woolf |
Production Acknowledgements
| Scenery, properties, costumes and wigs made and painted by | RST Workshops |
| Metalwork by | Bristow Engineering |
| Engineering by | Leisuretec |
| Tailoring by | Alan Selzer |
Programme Acknowledgements
| Compiled by | Kathy Elgin |
| Designed by | L |
