Red Noses
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Written by | Peter Barnes |
Characters | Father Flote Father Toulon Master Bells Brodin Marguerite Rochfort Frapper Pope Clement VI bigod |
Date premiered | 1985 |
Place premiered | Barbican Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Subject | The Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics |
Genre | Comedy |
Setting | 14th-century France |
Red Noses is a comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985.[1] It depicted a sprightly priest, originally played by Antony Sher, who travelled around the plague-affected villages of 14th century France with a band of fools, known as Floties, offering holy assistance.[2] It was for this play that Barnes won his Olivier award.[3]
Awards and nominations[]
- Awards
- 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Original cast[]
- Alain Boutros -
- Archbishop Monselet - Raymond Bowers
- Attendant, Leper -
- Bonville, Lefranc -
- Brodin - Pete Postlethwaite
- Camille -
- Charles Bembo -
- Dr Antrechau, Patris -
- Druce - Jimmy Yuill
- Evaline, First Leper - Sarah Woodward
- First Flagellant -
- Frapper - Nicholas Woodeson
- Grez - Nicholas Farrell
- Jean le Grue - Bernard Horsfall
- Marcel Flote - Antony Sher
- Marguerite - Polly James
- Marie - Katharine Rogers
- Mistral, Bigod - Nicholas Bell
- Mme de Vonville -
- Moncriff, Jacques B -
- Mother Metz - Yvonne Coulette
- Pellico - Don McKillop
- Pope Clement VI - Christopher Benjamin
- Rochfort - Richard Easton
- Sabine - Cathy Tyson
- Scarron -
- Second Flagellant -
- Sonnerie -
- Third Flagellant -
- Toulon - Peter Eyre
- Viennet, Vosques -
References[]
- ^ "Production of Red Noses | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (5 July 2004). "Peter Barnes".
- ^ "Olivier Winners 1985". Olivier Awards.
- Barnes, Peter (1985). Red Noses (First ed.). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-13771-7.
- Martin Kohn (1995-01-16). "Literature Annotations: Barnes, Peter - Red Noses". Literature, Arts & Medicine Database. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1985 plays
- English plays
- West End plays
- Laurence Olivier Award-winning plays
- Black comedy plays