Red Noses
Play written by Peter Barnes
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::summary Play written by Peter Barnes ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox play"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Red Noses |
| image | Red Noses.jpg |
| writer | Peter Barnes |
| characters | Father Flote |
| Father Toulon | |
| Master Bells | |
| Brodin | |
| Marguerite | |
| Rochfort | |
| Frapper | |
| Pope Clement VI bigod | |
| setting | 14th-century France |
| premiere | 1985 |
| place | Barbican Theatre, London |
| orig_lang | English |
| subject | The Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics |
| genre | Comedy |
| :: |
| name = Red Noses | image = Red Noses.jpg | caption = | writer = Peter Barnes | characters = Father Flote Father Toulon Master Bells Brodin Marguerite Rochfort Frapper Pope Clement VI bigod | setting = 14th-century France | premiere = 1985 | place = Barbican Theatre, London | orig_lang = English | subject = The Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics | genre = Comedy
Red Noses is a comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985. 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. It was for this play that Barnes won his Olivier award.
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
References
- "Production of Red Noses | Theatricalia".
- (5 July 2004). "Peter Barnes".
- "Olivier Winners 1985".
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