Written by Iris Murdoch
Directed by Noel Willman
Ian McKellen in the role of Prince Yoremitsu, a political prisoner
Arts, Cambridge
17 October 1972 - 11 November 1972
CAST
Prince Hirakawa | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Matthew Long |
Prince Tenjiku | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Tenniel Evans |
Prince Yoremitsu | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ian McKellen |
Taihito | . . . . . . . . . . . . | John Tordoff |
General Musashi | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Frank Middlemass |
Rokuni | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Margery Mason |
Keiko | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Marian Diamond |
Kuritsubo | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Caroline Blakiston |
Ayame | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Sheila Reid |
Father Akita | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Robert Eddison |
Okano | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Jack Shepherd |
Norikura | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Juan Moreno |
Tokusan | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ronnie Stevens |
Pages and Soldiers | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Andrea Addison, Annette Badland, Hamish Patrick, Moira Redmond, Saul Reichlin, John Vine |
OTHER CREDITS
Designed by Hutchinson Scott, Fights arranged by Juan Moreno and Tomu Kamuri