Savage Amusement
3rd July 1978
The Warehouse Theatre, RSC
Savage Amusement was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse Theatre, London, on 3rd July 1978, with the following cast.
"It is the minimum duty of a civilised society to protect everyone against harassment in his home, and arbitrary eviction"
Richard Crossman, Minister of Housing 1965
"It is not necessary to go as far as South Africa to observe the reality of second class citizenship. Deprived families, herded together, are to be seen in every major British inner city. Manchester's Hulme bears all the sociological characteristics of a Bantustan reservation."
Paul Hannon, War on Want 1977
The play was published by Rex Collings in association with the RSC.
Savage Amusement
| Written by | Peter Flannery |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Chris Dyer |
| Lighting | Brian Wigney |
| Sound | John Leonard |
| Music | Mick Ford and Rob Hickson |
| Stage Manager | Susan Storr |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Jane Tamlyn |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Cathie Coulson |
Cast
| Olly | Charles Wegner |
| Stephen | Iain Mitchell |
| Fitz | David Threlfall |
| Hazel | Jill Baker |
| Ali | Lesley Manville |