Albert Speer was first performed on the Lyttelton Stage at the National Theatre, London, on 16 May 2000. Press night was 25 May. The cast, in order of appearance, was:
Albert Speer |
Alex Jennings |
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Nuremberg Prosecutor |
William Gaunt |
Nuremberg Judge |
John Nolan |
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Spandau Prison, 1947
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French Officer |
Patrick Baladi |
Russian Director |
Charles Millham |
Nuremberg Judge |
John Nolan |
Guard |
Stephen Ballantyne |
Soviet Guard |
Patrick Marlowe |
Konstantin von Neurath, |
Pip Donaghy |
foreign minister |
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Admiral Karl Dönitz |
Martin Chamberlain |
Baldur von Schirach |
David Weston |
Hitler Youth leader |
Rudolf Hess |
Hitler’s Deputy |
Sylvester Morand |
Walther Funk, |
Iain Mitchell |
economics minister |
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Admiral Erich Raeder |
Benny Young |
Georges Casalis, |
Jonathan Cullen |
Calvinist pastor |
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Germany and the Occupied Territories, 1931–45
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Rudolf Wolters, architect |
Simon Day |
Hans Tessenow, architect |
Pip Donaghy |
Architecture students |
Patrick Baladi, |
Stephen Ballantyne, |
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Giles Smith, |
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Chris Vance |
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Adolf Hitler |
Roger Allam |
Colonel Nicolas von Below, |
Adrian Penketh |
adjutant |
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Karl Hanke, party official, |
Iain Mitchell |
later Gauleiter |
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Margret Speer, Speer’s wife |
Jessica Turner |
Anne-Marie Wittenberg, |
Christine Kavanagh |
later Kempf, |
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Speer’s secretary |
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Julius Schaub, adjutant |
John Nolan |
Dr Fritz Todt, |
Pip Donaghy |
Minister of Armaments |
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Speer’s Father |
William Gaunt |
Frau Maria von Below |
Imogen Slaughter |
Eva Braun |
Cathryn Bradshaw |
Frau Anni Brandt |
Tilly Blackwood |
First Adjutant |
Stephen Ballantyne |
Fräulein Johanna Wolf, |
Sally Ann Burnett |
secretary |
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Second Adjutant |
Charles Millham |
Fräulein Christa Schröder, |
Elizabeth Conboy |
secretary |
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Theodor Ganzenmüller, |
Patrick Baladi |
railway official |
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Major in Ukraine |
Benny Young |
Ukrainian Tufties |
Chloe Angharad, |
Sally-Ann Burnett, |
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Elizabeth Conboy, |
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Imogen Slaughter |
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Speer Construction Workers |
Patrick Marlowe, |
Martin Chamberlain, |
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Giles Smith, |
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Chris Vance |
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State Secretary, |
John Nolan |
Ministry of Armaments |
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His Assistant |
David Weston |
Ernst, Speer’s brother |
Stephen Ballantyne |
Dr Professor Friedrich Koch |
David Weston |
Heinrich Himmler |
Benny Young |
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Germany and England, 1966–81
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Hans Flachsner, |
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Speer’s lawyer |
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Pressmen |
Martin Chamberlain, |
Charles Millham, |
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John Nolan, |
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David Weston, |
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Chris Vance, |
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Benny Young |
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Heckler |
Iain Mitchell |
Albert Speer’s son |
Stephen Ballantyne |
Hilde Schramm, |
Cathryn Bradshaw |
Speer’s daughter |
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Ulf Schramm, her husband |
Iain Mitchell |
Ruth, Albert’s wife |
Sally Ann Burnett |
Arnold, Speer’s son |
Chris Vance |
Fritz, Speer’s son |
Giles Smith |
Margret Nissen, |
Elizabeth Conboy |
Speer’s daughter |
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Hans Nissen, her husband |
Adrian Penketh |
Ernst, Speer’s son |
Patrick Marlowe |
Waitresses |
Chloe Angharad, |
Imogen Slaughter |
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Wolf-Jobst Siedler, |
William Gaunt |
Speer’s publisher |
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Mrs Winteringham |
Tilly Blackwood |
Publishers |
Elizabeth Conboy, |
Charles Millham |
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Chair of University Meeting |
Sally-Ann Burnett |
Hecklers |
Stephen Ballantyne, |
Chris Vance, |
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David Weston |
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Questioners |
Patrick Marlowe, |
Elizabeth Conboy, |
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John Nolan, |
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Martin Chamberlain, |
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Benny Young |
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Robert Raphael Geis |
Pip Donaghy |
Rabbi |
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David, his assistant |
Patrick Baladi |
Hotel Waiter |
Patrick Marlowe |
Director |
Trevor Nunn |
Set Designer |
Ian MacNeil |
Costume Designer |
Joan Wadge |
Lighting Designer |
Rick Fisher |
Video Design |
Chris Laing |
Music |
Steven Edis |
Movement Director |
Kate Flatt |
Sound Designer |
Chris Shutt |
Company Voice Work |
Patsy Rodenburg |
Associate Set Designer |
Paul Atkinson |