Danton's Death

Synopsis

Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794 when the Reign of Terror, already well established, spills over into a total blood-bath. The play, adapted by director Alan Clarke and Stuart Griffiths, both highly imaginative and closely documentary, shows how the great hero of the early phase of the Revolution, Danton, sickened by the excesses of the guillotine, which he helped to create, wants to call a halt. But Robespierre and Saint-Just, leaders of the Jacobins, with a ferocious puritanical zeal, spur on 'the wild horses of the Revolution'.

Main Cast

Ian Richardson

Robespierre

Age : 72 | Popularity : 16%

Norman Rodway

Danton

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

John Woodnutt

Fouquier-Tinville

Age : 81 | Popularity : 6%

Zoë Wanamaker

Lucille

Age : 74 | Popularity : 13%

Roger Sloman

Barère

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Kate Fahy

Julie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Anthony Higgins

Camille

Age : 76 | Popularity : 6%

Shane Briant

Hérault-Séchelles

Age : 77 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Theatre Play	Georg Büchner
	Writer	Alan Clarke Stuart Griffiths
Directing	Director	Alan Clarke
Department	Role	Name

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