The Dance of Death
Dödsdansen
3rd February 1978
The Other Place, RSC
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, then transferred first to the Goulbenkian Theatre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and then 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.
Dance of Death
| Written by | August Strindberg |
| Translated from the Swedish by | Michael Meyer |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Set and Costumes | Mary Moore |
| Lighting | Leo Leibovici |
| Design Assistant | Dermot Hayes |
| Company Voice Work by | Cicely Berry |
| Music Arranged by | John Riley |
| Stage Manager | Giles Barnabe |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Diana Durant |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Vanessa Prokopp |
| Sound | Roland Morrow / Jonn A Leonard |
Cast
| Edgar | Emrys James |
| Alice | Sheila Allen |
| Jenny | Deirdra Morris |
| Kurt | Alan David |
| Christine / The Old Woman | Myrtle Moss |
| Judith | Lynsey Baxter |
| Allan | Anton Lesser |
| Lieutenant | Michael Bertenshaw |
| For the second half of the Aldwych Theatre run | |
| Christine / The Old Woman | Denyse Alexander |
| Allan | Richard Derrington |
Musicians
| Music Director | Gordon Kember |
| Flute | Jeremy Barlow |
| Oboe | William Grant |
| Bassoon | Peter Whittaker |
| Trumpet | Peter Cameron / Roderick Tearle |
| Horn | Brian Newman / Duncan Hollowood |
| Trombone | David Hissey |
| Timpani | Nigel Garvey |