Enemies (1971) Aldwych Theatre / England Producer: RSC Playwright: Maxim Gorky Cast: Philip Locke (Zakhar Bardin), Brenda Bruce (Paulina), Helen Mirren (Tatyana), Ben Kingsley (Sintsov), Mary Rutherford (Nadya) Character: Mikhail Skrobotov, Sakhar's business partner

Directed by David Jones
This production was a British premiere.
Enemies was considered so outrageous by the Russian authorities (in 1906) that it was denied a licence altogether, and had to wait until 1933 for its first performance -- whereupon it became one of the classics of the Russian repertoire.