Title: The Mayor of Zalamea
Date: Production Opened in Theatre Monday 7th December 1981
Type: Play
Company: Royal National Theatre
Location: Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London, England
Playwright: Pedro Calderon de la Barca, adapted by Adrian Mitchell
Director: Michael Bogdanov
Collection Folder: Folder 12

Cast

Rebolledo: James Carter
First Soldier: Robert Oates
Second Soldier: Michael Fenner
Third Soldier: Iain Rattray
Fourth Soldier: Stephen Hattersly
Fifth Soldier: Martin Garfield
Sixth Soldier: Russell Kilmister
Seventh Soldier: Peter Gerald
Chispa, Rebolledo’s Mistress: Yvonne Bryceland
Captain don Alvaro de Ataide: Daniel Massey
Sergeant: Michael Beint
Don Mendo, an impoverished aristocrat: Daniel Thorndike
Nuno, his servant: Peter Løvstrøm
Ines, cousin to Isabel: Terry Diab
Isabel, daughter to Crespo: Leslee Udwin
Pedro Crespo, a Farmer: Michael Bryant
Juan, his son: Clive Arrindell
Ginesa, maidservant to Isabel: Jane Evers
Servants to Crespo: Norman Rutherford, Glenn Williams
Don Lope de Figueroa: Basil Henson
Clerk: Nigel Bellairs
Philip II, King of Spain: Nicholas Selby

Percussion: Arthur Soothill
Guitar: Peter Howe
Flute: Duncan G. Lamont
Trumpets: Richard Nairn, Ivan Trueman
Trombone: Eddie Thompson

Crew

For the Mayor of Zalamea

Designer: Stephanie Howard
Lighting: Chris Ellis, Andrew Torble
Music: John White
Fight Director: Malcolm Ranson
Staff Director: Charlie Hanson
Voice: Jenny Patrick
Production Manager: Michael Cass Jones
Stage Manager: John Rothenberg
Deputy Stage Managers: Catherine Bird, Brewyeen Rowland
Assistant Stage Managers: Peter Evelyn, Rebecca Peek, Michael Roberts
Sound: Rob Barnard
Music Director: Arthur Soothill
Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Laurence Clayton
Assistant Production Manager: Mark Taylor
Arranger, Chispa’s Dance: Geraldine Stephenson

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: Peter McInerney

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

Technical Administrators: Tony Bond, David Roberts
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 Technicians Manager: Peter Kidd, Norman Coupland (Lyttelton/Cottesloe), Dennis Nolan (Olivier)
Stage Flying Manager: Leonard Thomas
Heads of Electrics: 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 Manager: Tim Flood
House Managers: Fiona Jenkins, John Langley, Terry McEntee, Marney Meakin
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

Programme Printed By: Battley Brothers Printers Ltd.

Notes

Transferred to the Olivier from the Cottesloe (now Dorfman) Theatre.