The Dogs of Pavlov (1982)

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Norman Mailer has said, “Probably, we shall never be able to determine the psychic havoc of the concentration camps and the atom bomb upon the unconcious mind of almost everyone alive in those years.” Remembering the millionskilled in the concentration camps, he continues “Who can ignore the more hideous questionsabout his own nature?” For Mailer has apprehended, as have others, that it was not the German people alone who were capable of such stupendous crimes. We have no inborn tendency to obey orders. On the contrary, we are born to say “No” to civilisations imperatives. But from babyhood on, we are conditioned to say “Yes”, to obey. We are trained by punishment and reward, by threatand promise.

Cast and crew

Director

David Manley

Cast

S J Gordon - Gerhard James
Sally Parsons - Hilary Norris
Mr Harley-Hoare - Richard Boraman
Dr. Olwen Jones - Anna Mathieson
Dr Michael Daly - James Brodie
Nurse - Elizabeth Brookes
Kurt Jennings - Colin Cheyne
Liz - Jenny Birken
Recorded Voices - William Kircher
Recorded Voices - Andrew Wooding

Crew

Stage Manager - Graeme Smith
Lighting - Ross Housham
Sound - Andrew Wooding
Wardrobe - Lynn Taylor
Production Assistant - Ngaire Sprague
Properties - Jane Dodds
Properties - Susie Staley
Set Construction - Frank Grayson
Set Construction - Jack Cooper
Set Construction - David Manley
Music - Mavis Brown
Photographs - Michael de Hamel Studio
Stage Crew - Meg Taylor
Stage Crew - Neville Cross
Stage Crew - Eleanor McMillan