Philistines
4th April 1985
The Other Place Theatre, RSC
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.
Philistines
| Written by | Maxim Gorky |
| In a new version by | Dusty Hughes |
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
| Vasily Vasilyevich Bessemenov | David Burke |
| Akulina Ivanovna, his wife | Marjory Mason |
| Pyotr Vasilyevich, their son | Sean Baker |
| Tatyana Vasilyevna, their daughter | Fiona Shaw |
| Nil Vasilyevich, their foster-son | Tom Mannion |
| Perchikhin, a distant relative | Mark Dignam |
| Polya, his daughter | Lesley Manville |
| Yelena Krivtsova | Anna Calder-Marshall |
| Terenty Khrisanfovich Teterev | Clive Russell |
| Shishkin | Christopher Wright |
| Marya Nikitishna Tsvetayeva (Masha) | Mary-Jo Randle |
| Stepanida | Ruby Head |
| The Doctor | Griffith Jones |
| A Young Boy | Paul Basson |
| Peasants | Mary-Jo Randle / Christopher Wright |
Musicians
| Musician | John Woolf |