Danton's Death (1978)
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'.
Director: Alan Clarke
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Ian Richardson as Robespierre |
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Norman Rodway as Danton |
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John Woodnutt as Fouquier-Tinville |
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Zoë Wanamaker as Lucille |
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Roger Sloman as Barère |
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Kate Fahy as Julie |
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Anthony Higgins as Camille |
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Shane Briant as Hérault-Séchelles |
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Don Henderson as Mercier |
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Michael Pennington as Saint-Just |
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James Aubrey as Lacroix |
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Jonathan Adams as Collot d'Herbois |
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Christopher Banks as 2nd Gentleman |
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Michael Bilton as 1st Gentleman |
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Nell Brennan as Adelaide |
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Michael Cronin as Billaud-Varennes |
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Emma Garden as Marion |
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Felicity Gibson as Marchioness |
| Directing | Alan Clarke | Director |
| Writing | Georg Büchner | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Stuart Griffiths | Writer |
| Writing | Alan Clarke | Writer |
