Red Noses
Play written by Peter Barnes
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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 - David Whitaker
- Archbishop Monselet - Raymond Bowers
- Attendant, Leper - Phillip Dupuy
- Bonville, Lefranc - Norman Henry
- Brodin - Pete Postlethwaite
- Camille - Rowena Roberts
- Charles Bembo - Derek Crewe
- Dr Antrechau, Patris - Peter Theedom
- Druce - Jimmy Yuill
- Evaline, First Leper - Sarah Woodward
- First Flagellant - Steve Swinscoe
- 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 - Yvonne Coulette
- Moncriff, Jacques B - Charles Millham
- Mother Metz - Yvonne Coulette
- Pellico - Don McKillop
- Pope Clement VI - Christopher Benjamin
- Rochfort - Richard Easton
- Sabine - Cathy Tyson
- Scarron - Brian Parr
- Second Flagellant - Philip Barnes
- Sonnerie - Jim Hooper
- Third Flagellant - Tony London
- Toulon - Peter Eyre
- Viennet, Vosques - James Newall
References
- Barnes, Peter (1985). Red Noses (First ed.). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-13771-7.
- Martin Kohn (16 January 1995). "Literature Annotations: Barnes, Peter - Red Noses". Literature, Arts & Medicine Database. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
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