RSC Performances

Antony and Cleopatra

Press night

04.11.1953
Closing night

17.01.1954
Venue

Tour
Cast

Role and name
- Unnamed parts
  
  Adams, Anthony
- Domitius Enobarbus
  
  Andrews, Harry
- Cleopatra
  
  Ashcroft, Peggy
- Mardian
  
  Blake, Mervyn
- Sextus Pompeius
  
  Britton, Tony,
- Agrippa
  
  Bushelle, John,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Chadwick, Diana,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Charlesworth, Marigold,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Clinton, Dennis,
- Diomedes
  
  Culliford, James,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Culliford, James,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Davenport, Nigel,
- Dercetas
  
  Duguid, Peter,
- Maecenas
  
  Eccles, Donald,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Glendenning, John,
- Octavius Caesar
  
  Goring, Marius
- Gallus
  
  Graham, Denys,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Gray, Charles,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Hallett, Ralph,
- Old Soldier
  
  Hart, George,
- Ventidius
  
  Hayes, Michael,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Howard, Charles,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Johnson, Peter,
- Seleucus
  
  Jones, Gareth,
- Demetrius
  
  Kay, Bernard,
- Taurus
  
  Kay, Bernard,
- Octavia
  
  Kempson, Rachel
- Unnamed parts
  
  King, David,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Martin, Richard,
- Canidius
  
  Morant, Philip,
- Soothsayer
  
  Morant, Philip,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Mullins, Ian,
- Euphronius
  
  Norris, Peter,
- Messenger
  
  Norris, Peter,
- Eros
  
  O'Brien, David,
- Thidias
  
  Peacock, William,
- Diomedes
  
  Pleasence, Donald,
- Lepidus
  
  Pleasence, Donald,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Roberts, John,
- Dolabella
  
  Shaw, Robert,
- Unnamed parts
  
  Sherry, Raymond,
- Messenger
  
  Thomas, Powys
- Proculeius
  
  Thomas, Powys
- Alexas
  
  Townsend, Alan,
- Roman Soldier
  
  Townsend, Alan,
- Philo
  
  Turner, Michael,
- Menas
  
  Warre, Michael,
- Iras
  
  Watson, Mary,
- Clown
  
  Wellman, James,
- Lepidus
  
  Wellman, James,
- Scarus
  
  Willis, Jerome,
- Charmian
  
  Wilson, Jean,
- Antony
  
  Redgrave, Michael Scudamore
Creative

Role and name
- Choreographer
  
  Grant, Pauline,
- Music by
  
  Hopkins, Antony,
- Designer
  
  Motley,
- Director
  
  Shaw, Glen Byam,
- Light Designer
  
  Streuli, Peter,
- Playwright
  
  Shakespeare, William

Venues: Princes Theatre, London, 4 November-19 December 1953; Royal Theatre, The Hague, The Netherlands 5-6 Jan; Amsterdam, The Netherlands 7 Jan; Antwerpse KNS, Antwerp, Belgium, 8 Jan; Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussells, Belgium, 9-10 Jan; Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France12-17 Jan. Donald Pleasence played Lepidus and Diomedes, and Anthony Adams and Ralph Hallett played unnamed parts in London only. At all other venues James Wellman played Lepidus, James Culliford played Diomedes and Ian Mullins played unnamed parts.