This new production of Total Eclipse opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on 5 May 1981. The cast was as follows:
Paul Verlaine Simon Callow
Mme Mauté de Fleurville Eileen Page
Mathilde Verlaine Lynsey Baxter
Arthur Rimbaud Hilton McRae
M. Mauté de Fleurville Tim Seely
Charles Cros William Sleigh
Étienne Carjat Tim Seely
Jean Aicard Peter McKriel
Judge Théodore T’Serstevens Tim Seely
Clerk Peter McKriel
Eugénie Krantz Judith Barker
Barman William Sleigh
Isabelle Rimbaud Anna Nyghe
Directed David Hare
Designed Hayden Griffin