Mother Courage and her Children
by Bertolt BrechtEric Bentley (translator)
W.H. Auden (translator of lyrics)
Directed by William Gaskill
The National Theatre
The Old Vic - First performance 5th December
1965
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Catholic Sergeant, Lieutenant . . . . . . David Hargreaves
Chaplain . . . . . . Peter Cellier
Clerk, First Soldier . . . . . . Edward Hardwicke
Cook . . . . . . Frank Finlay
Eilif . . . . . . Michael Gambon
Kattrin . . . . . . Lynn Redgrave
Mother Courage . . . . . . Madge Ryan
Old Soldier, Peasant . . . . . . Keith Marsh
Old Woman . . . . . . Janie Booth
One-eye, First Customer . . . . . . Terence Knapp
Ordnance officer, Young peasant . . . . . . Christopher Timothy
Peasant . . . . . . Reginald Green
Peasant woman . . . . . . Barbara Hicks
Peasant Woman . . . . . . Maggie Riley
Recruiting Sergeant, Second Soldier . . . . . . Michael Turner
Sergeant . . . . . . Colin Blakely
Singer . . . . . . Sheila Reid
Soldier with cannon, Young Man . . . . . . Nicholas Edmett
Stretcher Bearer, Third Soldier . . . . . . Malcolm Terris
Stretcher bearer, Yvette's servant; T/O Young Man . . . . . . Roy Holder
Swedish Commander; Soldier with fur coat . . . . . . Kenneth Mackintosh
Swiss Cheese . . . . . . George Innes
T/O Soldier with cannon et al . . . . . . Lewis Jones
T/O Swiss Cheese . . . . . . John Stride
Young Soldier, Soldier with Eilif . . . . . . Thomas Kempinski
Yvette . . . . . . Petronella Barker
Yvette's Colonel . . . . . . Harry Lomax
Musicians:
Henry Krein
Chuck Mallett
Laurie Morgan
Peter White
Charles Gregory
Gordon Heard
Christopher Hyde Smith