This was a Royal Shakespeare Company production that opened at the Pit Theatre in the Barbican Centre on 19th July 1984 and played in repertoire in the RSC London season until 6 December 1984.
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Chris Dyer |
| Music | Guy Woolfenden |
| Lighting | Michael Calf |
| Sound | John A Leonard |
| Fights by | Malcolm Ransom |
| Musical Director | Charles Duncan |
| Dance Work by | Caroline Harris |
| Company Voice Work by | Cicely Berry & David Carey |
| Stage Manager | Rachel Whitteridge |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Helen Lovat-Fraser |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Peter Miller |
| Nikolai | Richard Griffiths |
| Yuri | Anthony O’Donnell |
| German P.O.W. | Geoffrey Beevers |
| Babushka | Frankie Cosgrave |
| Stage Manager | Mike Murray |
| Tupik | Bruce Alexander |
| Pavarot | Clyde Pollitt |
| Burly Plebeian | Campbell Morrison |
| Stagehand | Nigel Cooke |
| Koromyslov | Geoffrey Beevers |
| Azhog | Henry Goodman |
| Pelmeni | Alexander Wilson |
| Yagoda | Paul Spence |
| Evdokia | Lesley Duff |
| Lubzin 2374962 | David Schofield |
| Maclo 5793046 | Graham Sinclair |
| Moloka 9123727 | Nigel Cooke |
| Rak | Graham Sinclair |
| Oleg | Nigel Cooke |
| Kostik | Alexander Wilson |
| Irena | Tina Jones |
| Director | Stanley Dawson |
| Yudina | Caroline Harris |
| Ploshchad | Campbell Morrison |
| Ploshchad’s Wife | Frankie Cosgrave |
| Stanislas | Bruce Alexander |
| Stalin | Henry Goodman |
| Peasant | Clyde Pollitt |
| Actors, Prisoners, Soldiers, Film Unit, Workers and Peasants played by members of the company. |
| Keyboards / Accordion | Charles Duncan |
| Trumpet | Peter Wright |
| Percussion | Tony McVey |
