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Sunday-Night Theatre presents: The Lower Depths

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by Maxim Gorky.
in a new translation by David Magarshack.
[Starring] Wilfred Lawson, Alan Webb, Leo McKern, Esmond Knight, Miriam Karlin
with George Benson
The action takes place in a dosshouse in Moscow around the year 1900.
(Leo McKern is in 'Brouhaha' at the Aldwych Theatre; Miriam Karlin in 'For Adults Only' at the Strand Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Maxim Gorky
Translation by:
David Magarshack
Music composed and arranged for the concertina by:
Alfred Edwards
Producer:
Michael Elliott
Designer:
Natasha Kroll
The Baron:
James Maxwell
Kvashnja, a market woman:
Rita Webb
Bubnov, a capmaker:
Esmond Knight
Satin:
Alan Webb
Kleshch, a locksmith:
Arthur Shepherd
Nastya, a prostitute:
Anita Giorgi
Anna, Kleshch's wife:
Dilys Hamlett
The Actor:
John Southworth
Kostylyov, owner of the dosshouse:
Leo McKern
Pepel, a thief:
Eric Thompson
Luka, a pilgrim:
Wilfrid Lawson
Natasha, sister to Vassilisa:
Diane Aubrey
Alyoshka, a cobbler:
Alfred Lynch
Vassilisa, Kostylyov's wife:
Miriam Karlin
Medvedev, a policeman, uncle to Vassilisa:
George Benson
Porter -The Tartar:
Wolfe Morris
Porter - Krivoy Zob:
Joey Blanshard
[Actor]:
Endre Muller
[Actor]:
Howell Davies
[Actor]:
Tom Payne
[Actor]:
Bert Simms
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