Ian McKellen Stage

Griffith Jones (Vigeland), Ivan Beavis (Rummell), Ian McKellen (Karsten Bernick), and Leon Tanner (Sandstad)

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ACTING SHAKESPEARE

PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY

Written by Henrik Ibsen

Directed by John Barton

Ian McKellen in the role of Karsten Bernick

Aldwych Theatre, London

27 July 1977 - 10 December 1977

Society of West End Theatres (SWET) - Best Actor

CAST

Karsten Bernick, a counsel

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Ian McKellen

Mrs Betty Bernick, his wife

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Eliza Ward

Olaf, their son (aged 13)

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Howard Taylor

Miss Martha Bernick, the counsel's sister

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Paola Dionisotti

Hilmar Tonnesen, Mrs Bernicks's cousin

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Paul Brooke

Rorlund, a schoolteacher

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Tony Church

Rummel, a businessman

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Ivan Beavis

Vigeland, a tradesman

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Griffith Jones

Sandstad, a tradesman

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Leon Tanner

Dina Dorf, living with the Bernicks

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Marjorie Bland

Krap, chief clerk

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Duncan Preston

Aune, shipyard foreman

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David Waller

Mrs Rummel

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Marie Kean

Mrs Holt

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Denyse Alexander

Mrs Lynge

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Carmen Du Sautoy

Miss Hilda Rummel

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Avril Carson

Miss Netta Holt

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Ruby Wax

Servants

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Kim Begley, Alan Cody

Johann Tonneson

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Mike Gwilym

Lona Hessel, Mrs Bernick's elder step-sister

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Judi Dench