and others. Original cast Brian Blessed ... Gorky Michael Bryant ... Vladimir Lenin Anthony Douse ... Martov/Czernin Peter Gordon ... Von Kuhlmann Godfrey James ... Mdvani/Russian General Sara Kestelman ... Kollontai Michael Kitchen ... Leon Trotsky John Labanowski ... Zhelnik Trevor Martin ... Minister Stephen Moore ... Anatoly Lunacharsky John Normington ... Felix Dzerzhinsky Terence Rigby ... Joseph Stalin June Watson ... Krupskaya Catherine Harding ... Spiridonovna Michael Stroud ... An Anarchist Louis Haslar ... Old Soldier Edwin Brown ... General Hoffman References State of Revolution State of Revolution Cultural depictions of Leon Trotsky Plays based on real people 1977 plays