As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 1994

                                                   Registration No.:  33-


                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
                                    ___________

                                     FORM S-8

                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                    ___________

                         CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

         Virginia                                        54-1274108
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                        6620 West Broad Street, Suite 500
                            Richmond, Virginia  23230
           (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

      CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1990 LONG TERM INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                                       AND
                            CADMUS THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
                             (Full name of the Plans)
                                                          Copy to:
       BRUCE V. THOMAS, ESQUIRE                 JEAN PENICK WATKINS, Esquire
    Vice President, General Counsel                   Mays & Valentine
             and Secretary                     22nd Floor, NationsBank Center
   6620 West Broad Street, Suite 500                    P.O. Box 1122
       Richmond, Virginia  23230                  Richmond, Virginia  23208
            (804) 287-5690
  (Name, address and telephone number
         of agent for service)
                                   ___________

    Approximate date of proposed commencement of sales pursuant to the Plans:
                Upon effectiveness of this Registration Statement.

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
                                       Proposed       Proposed
                                        Maximum        Maximum
 Title of Securities  Amount to be  Offering Price    Aggregate         Amount of
  to be Registered    Registered(1)  Per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Registration Fee
 <S>                  <C>           <C>           <C>               <C>
    Common Stock
   $.50 par value       1,130,000       $16.25       $18,362,500        $6,331.90

 Interests in Cadmus  Indeterminate
 Thrift Savings Plan
</TABLE>


     (1)This registration statement relates to the registration of shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock under two plans, as follows: (i) 380,000 shares under
the Registrant's 1990 Long Term Incentive Stock Plan and (ii) 750,000 shares
under the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan (collectively, referred to as the "Plans").
In addition to the 750,000 shares of Common Stock being registered for the
Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to such plan.

     (2)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 on the basis of $16.25 per share, the closing price on the
NASDAQ National Market System of the Registrant's shares on November 28, 1994 as
reported in The Wall Street Journal.
<PAGE>


                                     PART II

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     Cadmus Communications Corporation (the "Company") will furnish shareholders
with annual reports containing audited financial statements and with quarterly
reports containing unaudited financial statements for the first three quarters
of each fiscal year.  Copies of these documents, and any other communications
sent to the Company's shareholders generally, also will be furnished to all
employees eligible to participate in the Plans.

     The Company and the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan hereby incorporate herein by
reference the following documents filed by the Company with the Commission:

     (a)   Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994,
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act;

     (b)   Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter September 30, 1994
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act; and

     (c)   The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, and any amendment or report filed
subsequent thereto for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents filed by the Company and by the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan
after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all the Company's Common Stock offered hereby has been sold
or which deregisters such Company Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     The financial statements and schedules listed in the index on page 12 of
the Company's 1994 Form 10-K Annual Report filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
1934 Act, all of which have been incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.,
independent public accountants, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, whose
report thereon is incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference, and
has been so incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report of
Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. given upon their authority as experts in accounting
and auditing.

     The legality of the Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to
the Plans has been passed upon for the Company by Mays & Valentine, NationsBank
Center, 1111 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1122, Richmond, Virginia 23219.  As of
November 23, 1994, lawyers in the firm beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, 20,953 shares of the Company's Common Stock in the aggregate.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the "Virginia Act") permits a
corporation with shareholder approval to indemnify its officers and directors
against liability incurred in all proceedings, including derivative proceedings,
arising out of their service to the corporation as long as they have not engaged
in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of a criminal law.  Cadmus'
Articles of Incorporation require Cadmus to indemnify its directors, and permit
it to indemnify officers, in all such proceedings if they have not violated this
standard of conduct.

     The Virginia Act places a limit on the liability of a director or officer
in derivative and shareholder proceedings equal to the lesser of:  (i) the
amount specified in the corporation's articles of incorporation or
shareholder-approved bylaw; or (ii) the greater of (a) $100,000 or (b) twelve
months of cash compensation received by the officer or director.  The limit does
not apply in the event the director or officer has engaged in willful misconduct
or a knowing violation of a criminal law or a federal or state securities law.
The effect of Cadmus' Articles of Incorporation, together with the Virginia Act,
is accordingly to limit liability of directors and officers for money damages to
one dollar in shareholder and derivative proceedings, as long as the required
standard of conduct is met.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     An index of Exhibits appears at page II-6 hereof.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (1)   The undersigned hereby undertakes:

           a.    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

                 (i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
           the Securities Act of 1933;

                 (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
           after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
           recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
           the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
           forth in the registration statement; and

                (iii) to include any material information with respect to
           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
           statement or any material change to such information in the
           registration statement.

                 Provided, however, that paragraphs (a) (i) and (a) (ii) do not
           apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
           amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
           by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
           Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
           statement;

           b.   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and


           c.   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (2)   The undersigned hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of its annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended (and,
where applicable, each filing of any employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3)   The undersigned hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered, with the prospectus to each Participant to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for its last fiscal
year, unless such Participant otherwise has received a copy of such report, in
which case the undersigned shall state in the prospectus that it will promptly
furnish, without charge, a copy of such report on written or oral request of the
Participant.  If the last fiscal year of the registrant has ended within 120
days prior to the use of the prospectus, the annual report of the registrant for
the preceding fiscal year may be so delivered, but within such 120-day period
the annual report for the last fiscal year will be furnished to each such
Participant.

     (4)   The undersigned hereby undertakes to transmit or cause to be
transmitted to all Participants in the Company's 1990 Long Term Incentive Stock
Plan and the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, who do not otherwise receive such
material as shareholders of the undersigned, at the time and in the manner such
material is sent to its shareholders, copies of all reports, proxy statements
and other communications distributed to its shareholders generally.

     (5)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the undersigned pursuant to the provisions set forth in Item 6 or
otherwise, the undersigned has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liability (other than the payment by the undersigned of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the undersigned
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
registered under the registration statement, the undersigned will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

     (6)   Pursuant to Item 8(b) of Form S-8, the undersigned registrant
undertakes that the Company will submit or has submitted the Cadmus Thrift
Savings Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") in a timely manner and has made, or will make, all changes required by
the IRS in order to qualify the Cadmus Thrift Plan.
<PAGE>
                                    SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 28th day
of November, 1994.

                                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                       By  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.

                                          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 28th day of November, 1994.
<TABLE>
               Signature                                     Title
<S>                                         <C>

                                            President, Chief Executive Officer
  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.          and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
     C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.

                                            Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  /s/ Michael Dinkins                       (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     Michael Dinkins

*/s/ Robert I. Dalton, Jr                   Director
     Robert I. Dalton, Jr.

*/s/ Frank Daniels, III                     Director
     Frank Daniels, III

*/s/ Lee P. Dudley                          Director
     Lee P. Dudley

*/s/ Price H. Gwynn, III                    Director
     Price H. Gwynn, III

*/s/ Frank G. Louthan, Jr.                  Director
     Frank G. Louthan, Jr.

*/s/ John D. Munford, II                    Director
     John D. Munford, II

*/s/ John C. Purnell, Jr.                   Director
     John C. Purnell, Jr.

*/s/ Russell M. Robinson, II.               Director
     Russell M. Robinson, II

*/s/ John W. Rosenblum                      Director
     John W. Rosenblum

*/s/ Wallace Stettinius                     Director
     Wallace Stettinius

*/s/ Bruce A. Walker                        Director
     Bruce A. Walker

*By:  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
          Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>
The Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Plan Administrator of the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, the Commonwealth of Virginia, on this
28th day of November 1994.

                                    CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                                    (as Plan Administrator)



                                    By:   /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit 4.1..............   Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated
                            by reference to Exhibit 3.1 included in Cadmus'
                            Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June
                            30, 1993).

Exhibit 4.2..............   Restated By-Laws of Cadmus Communications
                            Corporation (incorporated by reference herein to
                            Exhibit 3.2 included in Cadmus' Annual Report on
                            Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1994).

Exhibit 4.3..............   Cadmus Communication Corporation 1990 Long Term
                            Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by
                            reference to Exhibit 10.6 included in Cadmus' Annual
                            Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
                            1994).

Exhibit 4.4..............   Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, as restated effective
                            January 1, 1995, filed herewith.

Exhibit 4.5..............   Trust Agreement for the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan,
                            filed herewith.

Exhibit 5................   Opinion of Mays & Valentine dated November 29, 1994,
                            with respect to the validity of the common stock
                            offered pursuant to the Plans, filed herewith.

Exhibit 23.1.............   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., Independent
                            Public Accountants dated November 29, 1994, filed
                            herewith.

Exhibit 23.2.............   Consent of Mays & Valentine contained in their
                            opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto.

Exhibit 24.1.............   Powers of Attorney of Directors of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation relating to the 1990 Long
                            Term Incentive Stock Plan, filed herewith.

Exhibit 24.2.............   Powers of Attorney of Directors of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation relating to the Cadmus
                            Thrift Savings Plan, filed herewith.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 1994

                                                   Registration No.:  33-

                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
                                    ___________

                                     FORM S-8

                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                    ___________

                         CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

         Virginia                                        54-1274108
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                        6620 West Broad Street, Suite 500
                            Richmond, Virginia  23230
           (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

      CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1990 LONG TERM INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                                       AND
                            CADMUS THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
                             (Full name of the Plans)
                                                          Copy to:
       BRUCE V. THOMAS, ESQUIRE                 JEAN PENICK WATKINS, Esquire
    Vice President, General Counsel                   Mays & Valentine
             and Secretary                     22nd Floor, NationsBank Center
   6620 West Broad Street, Suite 500                    P.O. Box 1122
       Richmond, Virginia  23230                  Richmond, Virginia  23208
            (804) 287-5690
  (Name, address and telephone number
         of agent for service)
                                   ___________

    Approximate date of proposed commencement of sales pursuant to the Plans:
                Upon effectiveness of this Registration Statement.

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                       Proposed       Proposed
                                        Maximum        Maximum
 Title of Securities  Amount to be  Offering Price    Aggregate         Amount of
  to be Registered    Registered(1)  Per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Registration Fee
Common Stock
   $.50 par value       1,130,000       $16.25       $18,362,500        $6,331.90

 Interests in Cadmus  Indeterminate
 Thrift Savings Plan
(1)This registration statement relates to the registration of shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock under two plans, as follows: (i) 380,000 shares under
the Registrant's 1990 Long Term Incentive Stock Plan and (ii) 750,000 shares
under the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan (collectively, referred to as the "Plans").
In addition to the 750,000 shares of Common Stock being registered for the
Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to such plan.

     (2)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 on the basis of $16.25 per share, the closing price on the
NASDAQ National Market System of the Registrant's shares on November 28, 1994 as
reported in The Wall Street Journal.
PART II

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     Cadmus Communications Corporation (the "Company") will furnish shareholders
with annual reports containing audited financial statements and with quarterly
reports containing unaudited financial statements for the first three quarters
of each fiscal year.  Copies of these documents, and any other communications
sent to the Company's shareholders generally, also will be furnished to all
employees eligible to participate in the Plans.

     The Company and the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan hereby incorporate herein by
reference the following documents filed by the Company with the Commission:

     (a)   Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994,
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act;

     (b)   Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter September 30, 1994
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act; and

     (c)   The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, and any amendment or report filed
subsequent thereto for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents filed by the Company and by the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan
after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all the Company's Common Stock offered hereby has been sold
or which deregisters such Company Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     The financial statements and schedules listed in the index on page 12 of
the Company's 1994 Form 10-K Annual Report filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
1934 Act, all of which have been incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.,
independent public accountants, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, whose
report thereon is incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference, and
has been so incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report of
Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. given upon their authority as experts in accounting
and auditing.

     The legality of the Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to
the Plans has been passed upon for the Company by Mays & Valentine, NationsBank
Center, 1111 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1122, Richmond, Virginia 23219.  As of
November 23, 1994, lawyers in the firm beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, 20,953 shares of the Company's Common Stock in the aggregate.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the "Virginia Act") permits a
corporation with shareholder approval to indemnify its officers and directors
against liability incurred in all proceedings, including derivative proceedings,
arising out of their service to the corporation as long as they have not engaged
in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of a criminal law.  Cadmus'
Articles of Incorporation require Cadmus to indemnify its directors, and permit
it to indemnify officers, in all such proceedings if they have not violated this
standard of conduct.

     The Virginia Act places a limit on the liability of a director or officer
in derivative and shareholder proceedings equal to the lesser of:  (i) the
amount specified in the corporation's articles of incorporation or
shareholder-approved bylaw; or (ii) the greater of (a) $100,000 or (b) twelve
months of cash compensation received by the officer or director.  The limit does
not apply in the event the director or officer has engaged in willful misconduct
or a knowing violation of a criminal law or a federal or state securities law.
The effect of Cadmus' Articles of Incorporation, together with the Virginia Act,
is accordingly to limit liability of directors and officers for money damages to
one dollar in shareholder and derivative proceedings, as long as the required
standard of conduct is met.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     An index of Exhibits appears at page II-6 hereof.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (1)   The undersigned hereby undertakes:

           a.    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

                 (i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
           the Securities Act of 1933;

                 (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
           after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
           recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
           the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
           forth in the registration statement; and

                (iii) to include any material information with respect to
           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
           statement or any material change to such information in the
           registration statement.

                 Provided, however, that paragraphs (a) (i) and (a) (ii) do not
           apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
           amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
           by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
           Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
           statement;

           b.   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

           c.   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (2)   The undersigned hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of its annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended (and,
where applicable, each filing of any employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3)   The undersigned hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered, with the prospectus to each Participant to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for its last fiscal
year, unless such Participant otherwise has received a copy of such report, in
which case the undersigned shall state in the prospectus that it will promptly
furnish, without charge, a copy of such report on written or oral request of the
Participant.  If the last fiscal year of the registrant has ended within 120
days prior to the use of the prospectus, the annual report of the registrant for
the preceding fiscal year may be so delivered, but within such 120-day period
the annual report for the last fiscal year will be furnished to each such
Participant.

     (4)   The undersigned hereby undertakes to transmit or cause to be
transmitted to all Participants in the Company's 1990 Long Term Incentive Stock
Plan and the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, who do not otherwise receive such
material as shareholders of the undersigned, at the time and in the manner such
material is sent to its shareholders, copies of all reports, proxy statements
and other communications distributed to its shareholders generally.

     (5)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the undersigned pursuant to the provisions set forth in Item 6 or
otherwise, the undersigned has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liability (other than the payment by the undersigned of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the undersigned
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
registered under the registration statement, the undersigned will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

     (6)   Pursuant to Item 8(b) of Form S-8, the undersigned registrant
undertakes that the Company will submit or has submitted the Cadmus Thrift
Savings Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") in a timely manner and has made, or will make, all changes required by
the IRS in order to qualify the Cadmus Thrift Plan.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 28th day
of November, 1994.

                                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

                                       By  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.

                                          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 28th day of November, 1994.

               Signature                                     Title
President, Chief Executive Officer
  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.          and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
     C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.

                                            Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  /s/ Michael Dinkins                       (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     Michael Dinkins

*/s/ Robert I. Dalton, Jr                   Director
     Robert I. Dalton, Jr.

*/s/ Frank Daniels, III                     Director
     Frank Daniels, III

*/s/ Lee P. Dudley                          Director
     Lee P. Dudley

*/s/ Price H. Gwynn, III                    Director
     Price H. Gwynn, III

*/s/ Frank G. Louthan, Jr.                  Director
     Frank G. Louthan, Jr.

*/s/ John D. Munford, II                    Director
     John D. Munford, II

*/s/ John C. Purnell, Jr.                   Director
     John C. Purnell, Jr.

*/s/ Russell M. Robinson, II.               Director
     Russell M. Robinson, II

*/s/ John W. Rosenblum                      Director
     John W. Rosenblum

*/s/ Wallace Stettinius                     Director
     Wallace Stettinius

*/s/ Bruce A. Walker                        Director
     Bruce A. Walker

*By:  /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
          Attorney-in-Fact
The Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Plan Administrator of the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, the Commonwealth of Virginia, on this
28th day of November 1994.

                                    CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                                    (as Plan Administrator)

                                    By:   /s/ C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 4.1..............   Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated
                            by reference to Exhibit 3.1 included in Cadmus'
                            Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June
                            30, 1993).

Exhibit 4.2..............   Restated By-Laws of Cadmus Communications
                            Corporation (incorporated by reference herein to
                            Exhibit 3.2 included in Cadmus' Annual Report on
                            Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1994).

Exhibit 4.3..............   Cadmus Communication Corporation 1990 Long Term
                            Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by
                            reference to Exhibit 10.6 included in Cadmus' Annual
                            Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
                            1994).

Exhibit 4.4..............   Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan, as restated effective
                            January 1, 1995, filed herewith.

Exhibit 4.5..............   Trust Agreement for the Cadmus Thrift Savings Plan,
                            filed herewith.

Exhibit 5................   Opinion of Mays & Valentine dated November 29, 1994,
                            with respect to the validity of the common stock
                            offered pursuant to the Plans, filed herewith.

Exhibit 23.1.............   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., Independent
                            Public Accountants dated November 29, 1994, filed
                            herewith.

Exhibit 23.2.............   Consent of Mays & Valentine contained in their
                            opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto.

Exhibit 24.1.............   Powers of Attorney of Directors of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation relating to the 1990 Long
                            Term Incentive Stock Plan, filed herewith.

Exhibit 24.2.............   Powers of Attorney of Directors of Cadmus
                            Communications Corporation relating to the Cadmus
                            Thrift Savings Plan, filed herewith.