Spring Awakening

National Theatre. Costumes by Deirdre Clancy

Cast & Crew

Cast

Observations

1. On 2^nd August 2021 at 9:48 a.m., davidM noted:

   The play was controversial at the time and featured two actors at least who became household names, Dai Bradley and Michael Kitchen. I found the production at the Old Vic overwrought and confusing with an extraordinary large cast which made it hard to follow. At the end of the day, as a dramatic work, I thought it better suited to a smaller theatre or playhouse. The programme is quite interesting with a good deal of allusion, poetic and “highflying”, showing that the production team were inspired. For me at least, this was only partly translated into dramatic success.

2. On 29^th March 2024 at 12:49 p.m., eurosusie noted:

   I have been on a hunt for more information on the 28May 1974 Brochure as there is absolutely no copy of the one I own. It has an amazing male nude on the cover, and tipped in are correction to Bond´s poem, two copies of the free cast list, and a slip concerning change of cast due to “the indisposition of Gerard Ryder”.

   Even more extraordinary is a cutting from the Daily Telegraph how an offer for cut price school trips for “sex play” was rejected. The discussion in this cutting is hugely illuminating with Peter Hall saying that the “ play was unsuitable for children but this is not taken to mean youths or girls of 16”. How the defintion of childhood moves over time and the parameters are even more confusing in my opinion in 2024.

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