SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    Form 8-K

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               CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 23, 1997


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



            Virginia                     0-12954               54-1274108
(State or other jurisdiction of        (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)        File Number)       Identification Number)



6620 West Broad Street, Suite 240, Richmond, Virginia            23230
     (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code           (804) 287-5680










Item 5.       Other Events.

On October 23, 1997,  Cadmus  Communications  Corporation (the "Company") issued
the press release  attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 with respect to first quarter
financial results.  Steve Gillispie,  chairman and chief executive officer,  and
David E.  Bosher,  vice  president  and  treasurer,  read the  prepared  remarks
attached   hereto  as  Exhibit  99.2  on  a  conference   call  with   analysts,
shareholders,  prospective investors, and other interested parties.  Information
in  these  documents  relating  to  Cadmus'  future  prospects  and  performance
represents  "forward-looking  statements," as defined by the Private  Securities
Litigation  Reform Act of 1995,  and, as such,  are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties  that could cause actual results to differ  materially.  Potential
risks  and  uncertainties  include  but  are  not  limited  to:  (1)  continuing
competitive  pricing in the markets in which the Company competes,  (2) the gain
or loss of  significant  customers  or the  decrease  in  demand  from  existing
customers,  (3) the timing of significant  orders received from  customers,  (4)
seasonal  changes in the demand for the Company's  products,  (5) changes in the
Company's  product sales mix, and (6) continued  success in the  integration  of
recently acquired businesses.






Item 7.       Exhibits.

         Exhibit 99.1               Press Release
         Exhibit 99.2               Prepared Remarks from Conference Call






                                   Signatures

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized on October 23, 1997.


                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


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









                                  Exhibit Index


         Exhibit


99.1     Press Release
99.2     Prepared Remarks from Conference Call