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The play opened on 16 January 1985 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey,

and transferred to the Old Vic in London on 5 February 1985.


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Arthur Schnitzler 1862-1931

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Play

Ronald Adam and Christopher Fettes

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English version of the play

Christopher Fettes

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Director

Maria Bjornson

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Design

Paul Pyant

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Lightning


Summary:

The action takes place in Vienna in the early years of the 20th Century.


Julian (Anthony Hopkins), a famous painter, has deserted two women: Gabriele (Ann Lynn) and Irene (Samantha Eggar). Gabriele promptly marries professor Wegrat, now also a famous painter, and gives him a son, Felix (Colin Firth), now 23, who is actually Julian's son. As the curtain rises, Gabriele is ill and dying; Felix knows nothing... Julian now wants a son, with the ostentatious intensity of those who leave the upbringing of their children to someone else.


Cast:

Basil Hoskins

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Professor Wegrat, Director of the Academy of Painters

Ann Lynn

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Gabriele, wife

Colin Firth

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Felix, son

Christina Nagy

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Johanna, daughter

Anthony Hopkins

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Julian Fichtner

Alan Dobie

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Stephan von Sala

Samantha Eggar

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Irene Herms

Rupert Frazer

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Dr. Franz Reumann

John Darrell

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Sala's Manservant

Richard Henry Edwards

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Fichtner's Manservant

Andrea Brooks

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Wegrat's Maid

David Bauckham

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Hospital Attendant