The Virgin Bride by AUGUST STRINDBERG
Translated from the Swedish by MICHAEL MEYER with Sarah Badel , Martin Jarvis Cyril Luckham , Colin Douglas Frances Jeater , Pauline Letts
This production marks the play's first performance in English.
A wedding could end the rivalry between two bitterly opposed families - but one of the conditions of the marriage is that the bride must wear a bridal crown - to prove that she is a virgin. If she cannot, then will the two families be driven even deeper into their hatred; or will they, by some miracle, find peace; and reconciliation?
Kersti's mother.....PAULINE LETTS Kersti................... SARAH BADEL Mats MARTIN JARVIS The River God.........ALAN DUDLEY The Midwife...........SHEILA GRANT Mats' sisters:
Brita ..........FRANCES JEATER Lill-Anna.............EMILY RICHARD
Lill-Mats, Mats' brother
JUDY BENNETT
Mats' father......MANNING WILSON Mats' mother....... NORMA RONALD Mats' grandmother
HILDA SCHRODER
Mats' grandfather
TIMOTHY BATESON
Stig Mattsson COLIN DOUGLAS The Verger ......CYRIL LUCKHAM The Soldier, Kersti's father
JOHN HOLLIS
The White Child/The Meuling
JUDY BENNETT
The Pastor ALAN ROWE The Fisherman......SIÔN PROBERT The music, some of which was composed by STRINDBERG, has been arranged by PETER HOPE . and is played by LIONEL BENTLEY and ANTHONY CATTERICK
Producer MARTIN JENKINS