The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.
Diane Adderley
Musician/Nurse/Farmer
Trevor Allan
Musician/Bishop/Merchant/Ironshirt
Alun Armstrong
Singer
Christopher Benjamin
Prince Kazbeki
Paul Bigley
Stableman/Inn Servant/Bizergan Kazbeki/Lawyer 2
Val Boothman
Peasant Woman/Nina the Maid/Peasant Wife/Granny
Ben Bracchi
Infant Michael
Stephen Brigden
Wounded Soldier/Shalva
Ronnie Brody
Surab/ Petitioner/Peasant Man/Neighbour/Invalid/Old Married Man
Ray Burnside
Musician/Chef/Ironshirt
Katrin Cartlidge
Girl Tractor Driver/Petitioner/Younger Lady/Neighbour
Robert Gary
Ironshirt 1
Tony Haygarth
Shauva
Kathleen Heath
Old Married Woman
Andrew Kitchen
Judge/Farmer 3
Harry Landis
Alleko/Governor/Farmer 1/Peasant Husband/Peasant Neighbour
Joe Melia
Dr Mikadze/Grand Duke/Inn Keeper/Monk
Ron Moody
Azdak
Christian Powell
Baby Michael
Iain Rattray
Corporal/Irakli
Gavin Richards
Doctor Loladze/Yussup/Doctor/Lawyer 1
James Roberts
Boy Michael
Alexei Sayle
Lavrenti
Charlie Stafford
Musician/Rider/Merchant/Blackmailer
Alison Steadman
Kato/Natella/Aniko
Julia Swift
Grusha
Josephine Tewson
Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law
Stephen Warbeck
Musician/Petitioner/Blockhead Ironshirt/Lame Man
Jo Warne
Expert/Cook/Merchant/Neighbour
David Yip
Young Working Man/Simon
Adrian Brown
Director
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Peter Griffiths
Producer
Nov 5, 1993
Sep 11, 2015
Dec 15, 1996
Dec 15, 1939
Feb 7, 2013
Jun 23, 2017
Jan 30, 2015
Sep 10, 2013
English