Written by
Henrik Ibsen
Directed by John Barton
Ian McKellen in the role of Karsten Bernick
Aldwych Theatre, London
27 July 1977 - 10 December 1977
Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor
CAST
Karsten Bernick, a counsel | Ian McKellen | |
Mrs Betty Bernick, his wife | Eliza Ward | |
Olaf, their son (aged 13) | Howard Taylor | |
Miss Martha Bernick, the counsel's sister | Paola Dionisotti | |
Hilmar Tonnesen, Mrs Bernicks's cousin | Paul Brooke | |
Rorlund, a schoolteacher | Tony Church | |
Rummel, a businessman | Ivan Beavis | |
Vigeland, a tradesman | Griffith Jones | |
Sandstad, a tradesman | Leon Tanner | |
Dina Dorf, living with the Bernicks | Marjorie Bland | |
Krap, chief clerk | Duncan Preston | |
Aune, shipyard foreman | David Waller | |
Mrs Rummel | Marie Kean | |
Mrs Holt | Denyse Alexander | |
Mrs Lynge | Carmen Du Sautoy | |
Miss Hilda Rummel | Avril Carson | |
Miss Netta Holt | Ruby Wax | |
Servants | Kim Begley, Alan Cody | |
Johann Tonneson | Mike Gwilym | |
Lona Hessel, Mrs Bernick's elder step-sister | Judi Dench |