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Strider – The Story of a Horse

Written by Mark Rozovsky from a story by Tolstoy

(translated and adapted by Peter Tegel)

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Opened Cottesloe Theatre 26th January 1984


1984 Olivier Nomination for Actor of the Year in a New Play

Bring on the Russian Horses, Standard 6th January 1984
Man with a lean and hungry look, Daily Telegraph 16th January 1984
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Chorus/Herd
Paul Bentall
Janine Duvitski
Miranda Foster
James Hayes
Piers Ibbotson
Bill Moody
Jessica Turner
Frederick Warder
Charles Wegner
Strider
Michael Pennington
County  Brobinsky /Flame/ Lieutenant
Stephen Brennan
Vaska
Charles Wegner
Vyazopurikha/Mathieu/
Maria
Dinah Stabb
Head Groom
James Hayes
The General
Basil Henson
Prince Serpukhovsky
Clive Arrindell
Feofan/Friedrich
Bill Moody
Director
Michael Bogdanov
Designer
Christopher Dyer
Music
Terry Mortimer
Movement
David Toguri

...the extraordinary skill of Michael Pennington’s performance as first a high-spirited, gawky foal, then a proud winner and finally a broken-down hack.

-The Sunday Telegraph


...the splendour of Michael Pennington’s central performance. ...there is an authority , integrity and rich irony in his acting that I have never seen before.

-The Observer


Michael Pennington is imaginatively superb...

-The Lady


Pennington’s performance is a triumph...

-Plays


But at the centre of the piece is a remarkable performance by Michael Pennington as Strider...

-The Stage