Written by
Anton Chekov, translated by Ronald Hingley
Directed by David Giles
Ian McKellen in the role of Kruschov (The Wood Demon)
UK Tour/Edinburgh '73, BAM, Wimbledon
21 August 1973 - 13 April 1974
CAST
Julia | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Sharon Duce |
Leo Zheltukin (her brother) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Juan Moreno |
Orlovsky | . . . . . . . . . . . . | John Woodvine |
George Voynitsky | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Tenniel Evans |
Dyadin (Waffles) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | John Tordoff |
Theodore (Orlovsky's son) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Robin Ellis |
Vassili (Zheltukin's servant) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Robert Davey |
Serebryakov | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Robert Eddison |
Helen (his second wife) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Marian Diamond |
Sonya (his daughter by his first wife) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Sheila Reid |
Mme. Voynitsky (his first wife's mother) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Margery Mason |
Kruschov (the Wood Demon) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ian McKellen |
Servant | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Elaine Strickland |
Simon (worker at Dyadin's) | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Edward Petherbridge |
OTHER CREDITS
Set designed by Kenneth Mellor; Costumes designed by Stephen and Wendy Doncaster; Lighting by Howard Eldridge