Title: A Month in the Country
Date: Friday 13th February-Monday 10th August 1981
Type: Play
Company: Royal National Theatre
Location: Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London, England
Playwright: Ivan Turgenev, translated from Russian into English by Isaiah Berlin
Director: Peter Gill
Collection Folder: Folder 12

Cast

Adam Ivanovich Schaaf: Leonard Fenton
Anna Semyonova Islayeva: Betty Hardy
Natalya Petrovna: Francisca Annis
Mikhailo Alexandrovich Rakitin: Nigel Terry
Lizaveta Bogdanova: Mary Macleod
Kolya: Alex Paterson/Jake Rea
Matvei Yegorovich: Ron Pember
Ignaty Ilyich Shpigelsky: Michael Gough
Arkadi Sergeevich Islayev: Robert Swann
Aleksei Nikolaevich Belyaev: Ewan Stewart
Katerina Vassilyevna: Holly de Jong
Afanasi Ivanovich Bolshintov: David Ryall
Ensemble: Paul Bentall, Paul Bradley, Clare Byam Shaw, Susan Porrett, John Rees, Kate Saunders, Peter Sproule, Di Trevis, David Troughton

Crew

For A Month in the Country

Designer: Alison Chitty
Music by: George Fenton
Lighting: Rory Dempster
Staff Director: John Burgess
Music Director: John Leach
Assistant to the Director: Di Trevis
Production Manager: Michael Cass Jones
Stage Manager: Rosemary Beattie
Deputy Stage Manager: Courtney Bryant
Assistant Stage Managers: Jill McFarlane, Timothy Speechley, Lesley Walmsley
Sound: Gabby Haynes
Assistant Production Manager: Mark Taylor

For the Royal National Theatre

Director: Peter Hall
General Administrator: Michael Elliott
Directors, Olivier and Cottesloe Theatres: Peter Gill, Peter Hall
Director, Lyttelton Theatre: Michael Rudman
Senior Staff Director: Kenneth Mackintosh
Assistant to the Director: William Allan
PA to the Director: Jan Younghusband

Company Administrator: Michael Hallifax
Casting Director: Gillian Diamond
Casting Assistant: Ann Robinson

Repertory Advisor and Head of Script Department: John Russell Brown
Rights Manager: Michael Ridley

Head of Music: Harrison Birtwistle
Music Director: Dominic Muldowney
Music Manager: Kevin Leeman

Technical Administrator (Acting): Tony Bond
Stage Controller: Andrew Killian
Production Managers: Jason Barnes (Cottesloe), Rodger Hulley (Lyttelton), Michael Cass Jones (Olivier)

Head of Scenic Construction: John Phillips
Head of Scenic Studio: Yves Rassou
Head of Property Buying: Jenny Heap
Head Property Maker: Glenis Turton
Armourer: Barry Saltman
Head of Metal Workshop: Eric Dunn

Costume Supervisor: Ivan Alderman
Chief Cutter: Stephen Skaptason
Gentleman’s Tailoring: Frank Davidson
Wardrobe Manager: Derek Turner
Wardrobe Master: Alex Shelley
Wig Mistress: Joyce Beagarie

Lighting Manager: Leonard Tucker
Sound Manager: Ric Green
Stage Master Carpenters: Peter Kidd, Norman Coupland, Dennis Nolan
Head Flyman: Leonard Thomas
Chief Electricians: Ronnie Cox, Peter Radmore
Property Masters: Thomas Connor, John Pursey
Chief Engineer: Douglas Isham
Chief Systems Engineer: Ian Napier
Chief Mechanical Engineer: Jack Moul
Chief Electrical Engineer: Christos Stylianou

Theatre Marketing Administrator: Jules Boardman
Theatre Manager: Tim Flood
House Managers: John Langley, Terry McEntee, Marney Meakin
Assistant House Manager: Fiona Jenkins
Senior Box Office Manager: Roger Lobb
Assistant Senior Box Office Manager: Linda Walker
Box Office Manager: John Ball
Assistant Box Office Manager: Tony Curran
Box Office Supervisors: Chris Patten, Elaine Skelton, Stephen Watmuff
Bookshops Manager: Al Senter
Housekeeper: Harry Henderson

Marketing Manager: Don Keller
Marketing Officer: Keith Murray
Mailing List Manager: Suzette Hoare

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