Trumpets and Drums (1976)
Intro
A play by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer, and translated by Alan Brown and Kyra Dietz, performed at the Nottingham Playhouse (opened 22 April 1976).
Cast
William Russell ... Mr Balance
Zoe Wanamaker ... Victoria Balance
Roger Booth ... Simpkins
John Price ... Plume
Richard Kane ... Captain Brazen
Malcolm Storry ... Sergeant Kite
Judy Liebert ... Melinda Moorhill
Janet Maw ... Lucy
John Dicks ... Mr Worthy
Pat Keen ... Lady Prude
David Beames ... Pearmain
Matthew Scurfield ... Appletree / Collier
Caroline Hutchinson ... Rose / Kitty
Arthur Kohn ... Bullock / Pimp / Smuggler
Judy Riley ... Sally / Unemployed Man's Wife
Celia Foxe ... Maggie / Collier's Wife
Ted Richards ... William Bridewell
Thomas Henty ... Broadshoulders / Prisoner
Chris Lillicrap ... Mike / Prisoner
Janice Jarvis ... Jenny
Nigel Bennett ... Unemployed man
Danny Hiller ... Pickpocket
Jo Scott Matthews ... Mrs Cobb
Alastair Mitchell ... Court Usher
John Wright ... Drummer
Notes
This production of Trumpets & Drums was presented by the Nottingham Playhouse Company. Zoë was invited to join the company by Richard Eyre, when he became artistic director of its theatre. They had previously enjoyed working together in Edinburgh (on plays such as The Cherry Orchard). She speaks warmly of the 'Intelligent, funny, sensitive, encouraging and enthusiastic' director (see 'Zoe Wanamaker: Nottingham Playhouse Made Me' interview).
The 1975-6 season at Nottingham was a formative period in her career; Zoe has praised the 'fantastic range of plays' in which she was given the opportunity to perform, during her nine months as a member of the company (see 'Zoe Wanamaker: Nottingham Playhouse Made Me' interview). In addition to Trumpets & Drums, Zoe appeared in The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, The Beggar's Opera, Jug, A Streetcar Named Desire, Pygmalion, and The Servant of Two Masters.
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