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Measure for Measure (1978)

By William Shakespeare

RSC

Production Information

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 21st June 1978

Aldwych Theatre, London 31st October 1979


Stratford
London
Duke of Vienna
Michael  Pennington
Angelo
Jonathan Pryce
David Suchet
Escalus
Raymond Westwell
Claudio
Allan Hendrick
Lucio
John Nettles
Gentlemen
Alan Cody
Conrad Asquith
Servant to Angelo
Alan Cody
Provost
Donald Douglas
Friar Peter
Dennis Clinton
A Justice
Dennis Edwards
Elbow
Geoffrey Freshwater
Pompey
Richard Griffiths
Froth
Ian Reddington
Abhorson
Dennis Edwards
Barnardine
Conrad Asquith
Officers
James Barker
James Griffin
Michael Siberry
Boys
Simon Hopkins
Paul Lyons
Kevin Brannan
Brian Milligan
Isabella
Paola Dionisotti
Sinead Cusack
Mariana
Marjorie Bland
Natasha Parry
Juliet
Sheridan Fitzgerald
Francisca
Diana Berriman
Mistress Overdone
Darlene Johnson
Whores and Nuns
Susanna Bishop
Valerie Testa
Juliet Stevenson
Ruby Wax
Director
Barry Kyle
Designer
Christopher Morley
Music
James Walker
The Travels of Michael, Coventry Evening Telegraph, ‘78 Extra


First Wicket Down, RSC 1978 Yearbook
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Michael Pennington’s lively, boyish Duke is a model of how to play across the line of the text…

-The Observer

…With his rich voice and compassionate, sensitive playing, he held the stage, the players and the audience…

-Gloucester Citizen

…Michael Pennington’s excellent interpretation…

-Warwick Advertiser