Philistines
By Maxim Gorky
In a new version by Dusty Hughes
This was an RSC production that opened at the Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on 4th April 1985 and played in repertoire for the rest of the Stratford season.
It transferred to the Pit Theatre at the Barbican Centre where it opened in January 1986 and played in repertoire until 25th September.
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Tom Cairns |
| Lighting | Wayne Dowdeswell |
| Music | Frederic Chopin and John Caird |
| Sound | John A Leonard |
| Company Voice Work | Cicely Berry & David Carey |
| Literal Translation | Helen Rappaport |
| Stage Manager | Rachel Whitteridge |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Rachel Artingstall |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Alastair Duncan |
Cast
| Bessemenov | David Burke |
| Akulina Ivanovna | Marjory Mason |
| Pyotr Vasilyevich | Sean Baker |
| Tatyana Vasilyevna | Fiona Shaw |
| Nil Vasilyevich | Tom Mannion |
| Polya | Lesley Manville |
| Terenty Khrisanfovich Teterev | Clive Russell |
| Yelena Krivtsova | Anna Calder-Marshall |
| Perchikhin | Mark Dignam |
| Shishkin | Christopher Wright |
| Marya Nikitishna Tsvetayeva | Mary-Jo Randle |
| Stepanida | Ruby Head |
| The Doctor | Griffith Jones |
| A Young Boy | Paul Basson |
| Peasants | Mary-Jo Randle & Christopher Wright |
Musician
| John Woolf |