Misalliance
A Debate in One Sitting
8th October 1986
Barbican Theatre, RSC
This Royal Shakespeare Company production of Shaw’s comedy opened at the Barbican Theatre on 8th October 1986, playing in repertoire thereafter with other plays from the RSC season. The final performance was on the 21st February 1987.
Photographs by Donald Cooper
Misalliance
| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Set and Costume Designer | Roger Butlin |
| Lighting Designer | David Hersey |
| Sound by | John A Leonard |
| Company Voice Work by | David Carey |
| Assistant Director | James Runcie |
| Stage Manager | Charles Evans |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Diana Durant |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Richard Talbot |
Cast
| John Tarleton | Brian Cox |
| Julius Baker | Mick Ford |
| Johnny Tarleton | Richard Garnett |
| Hypatia Tarleton | Caroline Goodall |
| Lina Szczepanowska | Jane Lapotaire |
| Bentley Summerhays | Richard McCabe |
| Lord Summerhays | Joseph O'Connor |
| Mrs Tarleton | Elizabeth Spriggs |
| Joey Percival | Simon Treves |
| Understudies | |
| Tarleton | Frank Harling |
| Bentley / The Man | Thomas Kett |
| Lina | Nimmy March |
| Summerhays | Brian Moorhead |
| Hypatia | Sally Pearson |
| Johnny / Joey | Paul Spence |
| Mrs Tarleton | Elizabeth Stewart |
Production
| Assistant to the Designer | Clare Young / Jonathan Allen |
| Scenery Built and Painted by | Terry Murphy (Scenery) Ltd. |
| Engineering by | P E Kemp (Engineering) |
| Additional Painting by | Harkers Studios |
| Tree by | Theatre Studios |
| Vista by | Sue Dunlop / Christina Nash |
| Sky Frame by | Mike Barnet and B T Skip Ltd. |
| Property Supervision by | Richard Christie and Partners |
| Costumes by | RST Production Wardrobe |
| Tailoring by | Arthur Davey / Alan Selzer / Henry Maclean |
| Hats by | Ann Gainsford / Herbert Johnson |
| Corset by | Gwen Russell / Jeanette Haslam |
| Programme Compiled and Edited by | Margaret Gaskin |
| Designed by | Kevin Scally / Paton-Walker Associates |