Photographs generously provided by Catherine Ashmore and the National Theatre Archive.
This was a National Theatre production that opened at the Olivier Theatre on the 13th April 1999 and played in repertoire for the following year.
This adaptation of Candide is published by Music Theatre International (MTI) in New York. You can access the relevant pages on the MTI website by clicking here.
| Music by | Leonard Bernstein |
| Book adapted from | Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler |
| In a New Version by | John Caird |
| Lyrics by | Richard Wilbur |
| Additional lyrics by | Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker & Leonard Bernstein |
| Director | John Caird |
| Assisted by | Trevor Nunn |
| Set Designer | John Napier |
| Costume Design | John Napier with Elise Napier |
| Lighting Designer | Paul Pyant |
| Music Director | Mark Dorrell |
| Orchestrations | Bruce Coghlin |
| Choreographer | Peter Darling |
| Associate Music Director | Steven Edis |
| Assistant Choreographer | Lynne Page |
| Fight Director | Malcolm Ranson |
| Sound Designer | Paul Groothius |
| Company Voice Work | Patsy Rodenburg |
| Voltaire | Simon Russell Beale |
| Westphalia |
| Candide | Daniel Evans |
| Cunégonde | Alex Kelly |
| Maximilian | Simon Day |
| Paquette | Elizabeth Renihan |
| Pangloss | Simon Russell Beale |
| Baron | Denis Quilley |
| Baroness | Myra Sands |
| Bavaria |
| Corporal | Richard Henders |
| Captain | David Burt |
| Drill Sergeant | Clive Rowe |
| Holland |
| Minister | Chu Omambala |
| The Minister’s Wife | Ceri Ann Gregory |
| James, the Anabaptist | David Arneil |
| Paris, Vienna ... |
| French Ambassador | Richard Henders |
| Viennese Ambassador | Michael Wildman |
| Courtesans | Claudia Cadette / Ceri Ann Gregory / Gabrielle Jourdan / Samantha Lavender / Leigh McDonald / Myra Sands / Jax Williams |
| ... and Portugal |
| Don Issacar | Robert Burt |
| Grand Inquisitor | Alexander Hanson |
| Sailor | Michael Wildman |
| Inquisitors | David Burt / Charles Millham |
| Agents | Simon Day / Michael Wildman / Robert Burt |
| The Old Woman | Beverley Klein |
| Spain |
| Cacambo | Clive Rowe |
| Montevideo |
| The Governor | David Burt |
| Adjutant | Michael Wildman |
| Paraguay |
| Jungle Girls | Claudia Cadette / Elizabeth Renihan |
| Monkeys | Gilz Terera / Richard Henders |
| El Dorado |
| King of Eldorado | Mark Umbers |
| Queen of Eldorado | Jax Williams |
| Sheep | Charles Millham / Myra Sands |
| Surinam |
| Slave | Gilz Terera |
| Vanderdendur | Alexander Hanson |
| Martin | Denis Quilley |
| At Sea |
| Captain | Richard Henders |
| Stroke | Robert Burt |
| Venice |
| Women of Venice | Elizabeth Renihan / Claudia Cadette / Ceri Ann Gregory / Gabrielle Jourdan / Samantha Lavender / Leigh McDonald / Myra Sands / Jax Williams |
| Charles Edward | David Arneil |
| Theodore of Corsica | Robert Burt |
| Tzar Ivan | Richard Henders |
| Sultan Achmet | Chu Omambala |
| Stanislaus | Charles Millham |
| Hermann Augustus | Mark Umbers |
| Staff Director | Stephen Wrentmore |
| Production Manager | Annie Gosney |
| Stage Manager | John Caulfield |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Jane Suffling |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Wendy Fitt / Garth Kelly |
| Assistants to the Designer | Sue Jenkinson DiAmico / Alan Bain / Derek Norman |
| Assistant to the Lighting Designer | Jon Driscoll |
| Assistant to the Sound Designer | Colin Pink |
| Assistant Voice Coach | Jeannette Nelson |
| Deputy Production Manager | Tom Richardson |
| Will Bowen | Project Co-ordinator |
| Costume Supervisor | Caroline Waterman |
| Assisted by | Nikki Hall |
| Keyboard Programming | Duncan Chave |
| Music Copyist | Colin Rae |
| Music Management | Kevin Leeman / Madeline Harriss / John Kenton |
| Rehearsal Pianist | Dane Preece |
| Dance Captain | Michael Wildman |
| Conductor | Mark W Dorrell |
| Assistant Conductor & Keyboard | Steven Edis |
| Leader / Violin | Sophie Langdon |
| Viola | Caroline O'Neill |
| Cello | Martin Bradshaw |
| Bass | Polly Flakey |
| Flute / Clarinet | Andy Panayi |
| Oboe / Cor Anglais | Nicki Woods |
| Clarinets | Paul Saunders |
| Clarinet / Bass Clarinet / Flute | Duncan Ashby |
| Bassoon | Rosina Ahmad |
| Horn | David Bentley |
| Trumpet / Flugelhorn | Benjamin Gant |
| Trombone | John Higginbotham |
| Percussion | Nicholas Ormrod |
| Stage floor, platforms and walls by | Delstar |
| Cladding by | Victor Mara Scenery |
| Lighting bridges | Metscene Ltd. |
| Rigging by | Mark Priestley & Olivier power flying |
| Production Sound Engineering by | Mike Walker |
| Floor by | Souvenir Ltd. |
| Traps by | Clearwater Scenery Ltd. |
| Additional costumes made by | Shirley & Dennis Fitzgerald / Keith Watson / AA Dometakis (Shirts) / Peter Lewis |
| Sheep's Hooves made by | Dominic Murray |
| Animal masks made by | Robert Allsop |
| Knitting by | Trevor Collins |
| Shoes by | K&D Footwear |
| Headwear by | Jooli Malooli and Debbie Boyd |
| Thanks to | Premier Health & Sports Therapy Ltd. |
| Thanks to | Clive Jackson |
Programme Acknowledgements
| Programme Researched and Compiled by | Lyn Hall and Dinah Wood |
